Guwahati, Feb 11: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has directed the Power Department to install prepaid meters in every government quarter, including those occupied by ministers’.
Taking to X, Sarma said that the ministers’, government officers and employees of Assam Govt enjoying heavily subsidised power will soon be over.
During my recent interactions with officials from the Power Department, I was informed for the first time that a very nominal monthly power bill is deducted from the salaries of ministers and senior officers. Immediately, I instructed the department to install individual prepaid…
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) February 11, 2024
Sarma took the decision, when officials from Power Department had apprised him that very minimal amount was deducted as power usage charges from the salaries of ministers, and officials every month.
