BOMBAY. July 6: Buses resumed operations in this western Indian metropolis Wednesday after workers called off a strike for higher I wages, officials said, reports AFP.

All 3,300 buses of the ‘state owned Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) were back on the roads at the end of the two-day walkout, which had crippled the public transport system

A union spokesman said the strike was called off late Tuesday after the management agreed to "sympathetically consider1’ the demand for rals Ing the monthly wages of its 42,000 employees by more than 300 rupees (10 dollars).

BEST buses carry some 3.5 million commuters daily, and the strike stranded thousands in Bombay. India's financial capital.