Guwahati, Dec. 18 -- Continuing the journey of transparent and merit-based recruitment, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday handed over appointment letters to 43 Urban Technical Officers under the Housing and Urban Affairs Department at a programme held at Lok Sewa Bhawan in Guwahati.

Of those appointed today, 16 have been recruited as Mechanical Engineers, 11 as Electrical Engineers, eight as Public Health Engineers, six as Environmental Engineers and two as Civil Engineers.

With the distribution of appointment letters to 43 candidates today, the total number of appointments made by the present State government has increased to 1,42,029.

Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Sarma said that there was a time when th...