With drama, tears, jubilation and a court order, the BEST's nine-day strike came to an end on Wednesday at an employee congregation in the Wadala staff quarters. Before formally ending the strike, president of the BEST Sanyukta Kamgar Kruti Samiti (BSKKS), Shashank Sharad Rao, asked protesters: "Since we started the strike with a vote, should we end it with one too?" The question was met with a Rao-sing show of hands followed by applause.

Earlier in the day, the BEST workers were at a HC hearing on a PIL on the strike, the BEST Workers' Union agreed to withdraw the stir after accepting the '10-step' increment offered by the management of the civic-run BEST undertaking as an interim measure. An agreement was also reached to resolve the remaining issues through a mediator.