Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Jan 11 (NT): A Large number of travellers facing problems on reaching to their destination in Tamil Nadu as the indefinite strike called by transport unions, and demanding a pay hike among other things, now the strikes entered in the eighth day as on Thursday.Though the transport department has lined the temporary drivers to resume services in the state, numbers of buses have not been running at its maximum capacity.Amidst the ongoing statewide strike, there were also reports of special buses being laid for the MLAs.

Before few days as on Sunday, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) working president MK Stalin urge on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palanisamy to initiate talks with transport employees and take suitable actions to end the ongoing strike in the state.On its third day, Tamil Nadu Transport Minister M.R. Vijayabaskar had appealed to bus employees to return to work.The strike is going with major demands are following the non-accomplishment of talks on wage alteration and resolve issues of pending dues with Vijayabaskar, was declared on Thursday.Transport workers have been demanding for a pay alteration to Rs 30,000; however, the authorities have only agreed to pay them Rs 24,400 per month. (NT)