Mumbai comes to halt after best workers go on strike

Over 32,000 employees of Mumbai's civic transport undertaking went on an indefinite strike Tuesday in support of various demands, including higher salaries.
The strike is expected to continue Wednesday as talks between the undertaking's management and striking workers failed, even as a Shiv Sena-affiliated union in the transport body said its members had withdrawn from the stir.
The state government quickly moved to invoke the Maharashtra Essential Services Maintenance Act (MESMA) against the striking employees of the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST), while its management asked them to end the stir and come to the negotiating table.