Inspection Tour: SAC Chairman Inspected Indagaw Industrial Zone

State Administration Council Chairman Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing inspected Indagaw Industrial Zone of Bago Region on 10 November 2021.
At the briefing hall, the State Administration Council Chairman listened to the reports of chairman of Myanmar Economic Holding Ltd Lt-Gen Hsan Oo on production of auto and parts, ACSR wires, electric meters and other related accessories at the zone, arrangements to resume the halted factories in the industrial zone, CEO U Myo Aung of Ever Meter Factory on production of digital meters, installation of AMI system electric meters as of 2015, collection of meter bills through automatic billing system and automatic reading system, maintenance tasks, control of the tasks from the control centre, plans to produce advanced meters, weak points of analog meters and imported digital meters without communication system.
In his response to the reports, the Senior General instructed officials to resume operation of the halted machines, systematically carry out the tasks not to lose the machinery at respective factories, efforts for sufficient production of quality electric cable meeting set standards at home, relevant ministries to supervise illegal consumption of electricity, educate the people to use the electronic equipment for saving the energy to reduce their electric bills, arrange electrification across the nation, review the electric bills in comparison with those of ASEAN countries and the international community for creating cheap rate of electric bills for the people.
The Senior General directly viewed the use of electricity in Pabedan Township of Yangon Region where Ever meters are being used in the AMI system through the monitor. CEO of Ever Meter factory explained salient points of electricity consumption. Later, the Senior General viewed the production process of electric meters at Ever Meter Factory of UMHL and attended to the needs.