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In view of the strike by the Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation employees, authorities have roped in private bus operators to provide services to commuters. (With agency inputs)PVT Buses To Ply?In a meeting between Ahmedabad district collector Vikrant Pandey, transport commissioner VP Patel, senior police officials, and private bus operators, it was decided that bus operators would provide transportation services from ST pick-up stands at fares fixed by ST. "This is very unfortunate...Their main demand is the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission. Thousands of employees of Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) Thursday proceeded on mass casual leave for a day to press their demands including a wage hike as per the 7th Pay Commission. "We have been demanding implementation of the 7th Pay Commission for the last three years but the government is not heeding our demand," said Navalsinh Rana, a GSRTC union leader..