Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Saturday laid the foundation stone of a new Assam House at Dwarka in New Delhi. The new Assam House coming up at an estimated cost of Rs 21.66 crore will be built by the PWD (Building & NH) on a plot measuring 1,000 square metres. CM Sarma said the new Assam House will cater to the needs of patients and students, while the other two Assam Houses in the national capital will be used by officials.
The construction of the new Assam House will be completed within 18 months, while the existing one at 7 Sardar Patel Marg will be demolished and a new place will come up in its place, the construction of which will start in June later this year, officials said.
The building will have three basements, a ground floor and four floors on top of it. It will have one VVIP suite, 18 guest rooms, 13 dormitory beds, one 2 BHK unit and two one BHK units for resident staff. It will have facilities like a cafeteria, reception and lounge, kitchen, common toilets, car parking, passenger lifts and car lifts.
Speaking at the stone laying ceremony, the CM said the state government has created assets in major metropolitan cities and new Assam Houses will come up in Vellore and Bengaluru while the existing one in Kolkata will be demolished and a new one will be constructed in its place, with one Assam House already constructed in Chennai.
He also said that the government has acquired land in Mumbai for an Assam Project to showcase the state's cultural heritage such as Kamakhya temple, Batadrava than, Ranghar, and Namghar. The government is searching for a suitable plot of land in the national capital for a similar project.