Jharkhand gets own Assembly building 19 years after being

Jharkhand finally got its own Assembly building, 19 years after the state was carved out of Bihar.

The three-storied building, constructed at a cost of Rs 465 crore, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday.

The new building has come up at Kute gram, a few km from the old Assembly premises, which was in the Lenin Hall of the Heavy Engineering Corporation area.

The state-of-art structure, which has come up on 39 acres, has 57,220 square metres of built-up area. The edifice has a spectacular 37-metre-tall dome.

The new premises will be first in the country to be a paperless assembly.

The state Cabinet on Wednesday resolved to hold a special one-day session at the new facility on Friday, a day after its inauguration by the PM.

There are provisions for water harvesting and energy conservation in the building.

For energy efficiency, 300 KVA two solar power systems have been installed through which power will be supplied to the building. Forty per cent of the power requirement will be met through renewable energy.

The foundation of the structure was laid by Das on June 12, 2015.

Jharkhand has 81-members assembly.