Badal to meet people three days a week

Chandigarh, Mar 5 (UNI) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal will attend office at the state Civil Secretariat three days a week and will meet the people on those days from 1600 to 1700 hrs.

He will remain avaliable at his office on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, an official spokesman said here today.

Mr Badal will meet the general public regularly on these three days from 1600 hrs to 1700 hrs for an on-the-spot redressal of the peoples' grievances. Senior government officers and heads of departments will be available at the Chief Minister's Office for dealing with the people's problems.

Official meetings and business will take place between 0900 to 1200 hrs. MPs, MLAs and other public representatives will be able to meet the Chief Minister from 1200 to 1330 hrs on these three days.

The spokesman said in case the Chief Minister is not available at his office because of other engagements, it would be intimated in advance to avoid inconvenience.

The Chief Minister has also requested all his Cabinet colleagues to be present in their respective offices during the three appointed days. The Chief Minister had also decided Cabinet meetings would be held regularly every fortnight.

UNI