Guwahati, 12 June: Assam to get a new Assembly building in August 2023. When the state’s capital moved from Shillong to Dispur in September 1972, a temporary home was bought for the Assam Legislative Assembly which had previously been housed in a tea warehouse. On March 16, 1973, the Dispur building hosted its first session.
The cost of the new assembly building in Assam was raised from its initial estimate of Rs 234 crore to Rs 351 crore due to various delays and revisions.
JD Creations created the interior of the new assembly building while Simplex Structure designed the outside. Dullal Mukherjee is the project’s principal architect and the Assam Public Works Department is in charge of monitoring the whole thing.
The main assembly building, Annexe I building and Annexe II building make up Assam’s new Vidhansabha or Legislative Assembly building complex which is spread across a 10-acre property.
The 18,459 square metre main assembly building has a pitched roof with a glass top to allow natural illumination. This building has two stories.
The first floor of the main assembly building will accommodate approximately 180 members of the Legislative Assembly.
Assam Legislative Assembly’s new main building has seven elevators including a glass lift and an escalator and is fully air-conditioned.
For the inside, mechanical techniques utilizing integrated metal anchors and ties for secure connections were used to install natural stones such as granite, marble and limestone. It is the first building in the northeast to use such a method thanks to o implement such an approach.
There are no nominated members allowed in the Assam Legislative Assembly which comprises 126 members who are directly elected through elections.
The new facility contains cutting-edge infrastructure and more seating in case the number of MLAs increases in the future.