Ludhiana, Aug. 30 -- After nearly a week-long standoff between the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) and its employees' unions, the corporation has reinstated two staff members who were suspended on August 22. The employees had been accused of lapses in handling compensation process for the family of a deceased outsourced worker.

The suspended employees, Yogesh Kumar (superintendent) and Prabhjot Kaur (assistant accountant), had allegedly failed to comply with directions from their higher authorities, including superintending engineer Surjit Singh (Ludhiana East Circle) and XEN Jagmohan Singh. The matter pertains to the compensation for kin of Amanpreet Singh, a contractual CHB worker, who died on August 20 after falling fro...