GUWAHATI: In a bid to expeditiously complete the construction of the new Assembly Building, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday took stock of the progress of the construction and asked PWD (Building) to complete the construction by December, 2021 to enable the Winter Session to take place in the new building.
Reviewing the remaining parts of the construction work of the building, at the conference hall of the Speaker, Assam Legislative Assembly, Chief Minister Sarma while taking a minute and pragmatic view of the remaining works, asked Commissioner PWD (Building) Raj Chakrabarty to complete the construction by December.
The Chief Minister also asked Commissioner Raj Chakraborty to revisit the changes to be brought in with regard to the interiors and seek administrative approvals for expeditious completion of works on a war footing. He also asked the Commissioner to make all arrangements for the new Assembly building to conduct the Winter Session of the Assembly in December.
Speaker, Assam Legislative Assembly Biswajit Daimary, Deputy Speaker Dr Numal Momin, Political Secretary to the Chief Minister-cum-MLA, Nalbari Jayanta Malla Baruah, Chief Minister's Principal Secretary Samir Kumar Sinha, Commissioner and Special Secretary, PWD (Building) Raj Chakraborty and other senior officers of public works department were present at the meeting, stated a release.