Protests continue to plague one of the country’s biggest, but loss-making bus undertakings, the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC), even as the court asked its employees to refrain from doing so on Thursday, affecting crucial bus operations on Diwali.

As per trade union leaders, about 58 of the 250 bus depots remained shut on Thursday morning as employees protested, seeking aid for the cash-strapped corporation from the Maharashtra government.