In a meeting with the officials of the Power Department, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal stressed on the necessity of branding the Power Department and introducing a uniform dress code for the field area employees of the Power Department.
Sonowal said that a pilot project for the same can be started from April 2018. The Chief Minister also brought up the idea of motivating the employees of the department by incentivising good work by instituting awards and dedicating a day exclusively for the department which would be termed as ‘Power Day’.
The Chief Minister has asked the department to prepare an action plan for decorating Guwahati more with illuminating lights. The meeting also discussed elaborately on online payment of bills and smart prepaid meters, rural electrification and Swabhagya programme and different other projects for generating power. The department has been asked to see the possibilities to engage local youths for the implementation of power projects in the state.
