Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma handed over appointment letters at Sankardeva Kalakshetra in Guwahati on Saturday.

As many as 325 candidates in irrigation were given the appointment letters.

CM Sarma congratulated the candidates and said, “We have been able to recruit 325 candidates in irrigation.”

So far, engineers of most departments except Public Works Department have been recruited.

He said, “A law will be brought in the Assembly in which recruitment will be based on this Act and appointments will be made on lottery basis.”

There will be inter-departmental change of engineers.

“Unemployed people have spent two decades in darkness due to which Assam administration is far behind. Although since last year, improvement has been made in employment sector however, it is still at initial stage,” he said.

“We are lagging behind because of compromises in the last two decades,” he added.