Akhil Gujarat Truck Transport Association’s (AGTTA) Mukesh Dave is reported to have told a news agency that the strike continued as the government has not responded to any of their demands.

Meanwhile, private bus operators in Saurashtra, who had joined the truckers’ strike, resumed operations today. “Over 5,000 private buses begun operations last night much to the relief of commuters,” said Akhil Gujarat Pravasi Sanchalan Mandal president Jayendra Bawariya.

The Gujarat government had invoked Essential Services Maintenance Act against the striking truckers on Thursday night after the stir hit the work at cotton and groundnut wholesale markets in Saurashtra and milk-processing dairy cooperatives in north Gujarat. However, supply of essential commodities continued in all other parts of the state.