nagsbhat wrote:Will this end anytime soon? Any positive speculation also welcome

I don't think so. A recent news item on Jan 1, 2014 does not mention anything about the strike ending.
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/378 ... ustry.html

But my question is that these strikes are not out of the blue and the contractors who take up our projects should also have a contingency plan for these eventualities. Now my contractor is saying that the contract terms have to be redrawn. My question is "Is this behaviour justified from the ...

My contractor has stopped purchasing sand since the strike. I repeatedly asked him to dump sand beforehand but he didn't do so. Now project is stopped untill the strike. Any idea as to when the strike will be called off?