KHYBER: The tribesmen of Sultan Khel of Landi Kotal division boycotted the anti-polio campaign to be launched from Monday against the constant suspension of electricity to the area. Members of the locality on Monday collectively refused to feed anti-polio vaccine to their children, against cutting of power supply to their area. Akhtar Nawaz, a resident of Sultan Khel said that the electricity remained off for two days in this excruciating heat which created artificial scarcity of potable water in the area. He maintained that a large number of people had dual lines connection which overloaded feeders and caused disturbance of flow of electricity. The tribesmen threatened that until supply of power to their village comes back, they would not permit the health officials to carry out the polio drive in Sultan Khal village. When the Tehsildar Landi Kotal,Shams-ul-Islam was contacted on the issue, he said that as soon as was informed, he moved to the area, initiated negotiations with the elders and persuaded them for the smooth initiation of the polio drive. He added that after his conversation with the elders, flow of electricity was resumed and the polio teams were dispatched to the locality. Published in Daily Times, August 7th 2018.