Ludhiana, July 17 -- komal.kumari@hindustantimes.com

Providing temporary relief to Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), outsourced meter readers have decided to keep their proposed agitation in abeyance till July 30 after the power utility assured them that a committee constituted by the management would examine their long-pending demands.

The decision was communicated by the Outsourced Meter Reading Association through a letter to PSPCL management, stating that the association was deferring its protest in good faith to allow the corporation time to resolve the issues. The association, however, made it clear that if no concrete action is taken by July 30, it would be compelled to resume its agitation.

The development comes a...