PESHAWAR, Jan 8: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has called upon the government officials to be positive and people- friendly in their attitude, keep themselves fully abreast of grievances of the people and get them resolved on permanent basis.

They must also contribute in facilitating the change that the people voted for.

The present MMA government would focus on reforming police stations, hospitals and Patwari offices as people’s complaints largely related to these three areas, he observed.

The public servants must give up the habit of turning a deaf ear to public complaints and adopt a pragmatic approach towards resolving them so that the people’s problems could be minimised, he said.

He was speaking to district officers at the Frontier House, Bannu, on Wednesday. Members of National and provincial assemblies and Nazimeen and councillors of the District Government were also present on the occasion.

The chief minister directed the officers to keep a vigilant eye on their subordinate staff and strictly question them in case of any delay or complaint in resolving the people’s problems.

This would also discourage corruption and all types of malpractices among the government officials, he added.

He said that load-shedding was one of the main problems of the area for which he had approached Wapda Chairman and solid steps were expected to be taken in this respect shortly.

He said that in fact there was no load-shedding anywhere in the province. However, complaints of low voltage and power theft had been reported which needed to be checked properly.

He expressed the confidence that load-shedding and voltage fluctuations would be permanently checked after the commissioning of the Daud Khel transmission line.

He appealed to the consumers to avoid power theft and identify elements involved in such practices so that the poor masses could be saved from facing heavy charges and load-shedding problems which on many occasions also resulted in law and order problem in certain areas.

Referring to the closure of tube-wells in various areas, he held out an assurance that directives had already been issued for making all tube-wells functional.

However, prompt action should be taken if a tube-well went out of order as this would minimise the sufferings of the people to a great extent, he said.