On January 30, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will travel to Dibrugarh to lay the foundation stone for Assam’s second Legislative Assembly Complex, a significant step toward the State Government’s goal of making Dibrugarh the state’s second capital. The high-profile event, which will also include a public rally that is anticipated to attract one lakh people, was reviewed by State Water Resources Minister Pijush Hazarika on Wednesday. On January 30, Assam’s second Assembly Complex at Khanikar, Dibrugarh, will have its foundation stone laid by Union Home Minister Amit Shah. While examining the plans for the visit, Hazarika declared, “He will also address a rally at Khanikar Playground where we expect a gathering of one lakh people.”
He informed reporters that the Assembly Complex’s construction was a tangible step toward fulfilling Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma’s pledge to improve Dibrugarh’s standing within Assam’s administrative structure. The Assembly Complex was only the start of larger expansion ambitions, the minister continued. “A Minister’s Colony, MLA’s Colony, and Speaker’s residence will be built in Dibru-garh in the coming days, in a phase-wise manner,” he said, describing the government’s long-term plan to establish full legislative infrastructure in the eastern Assamese metropolis.
In addition to the Assembly Complex, Shah’s visit will see the central launch of an Assamese flood management project worth Rs 692.05 crore. The ambitious project intends to address one of Assam’s most enduring problems—annual flooding—by converting wetlands around the state into strategic water reserves that can redirect river water during the monsoon season. According to Hazarika, “water stored in the wetland during flood season will mitigate flood and can be used for irrigation during the dry seasons.”
As part of the flood control and water management plan, the minister announced that 14 such wetlands, which he referred to as “big water reservoirs,” will be created throughout Assam. He said that the wetland development project was a creative solution to Assam’s ongoing flood issue, which every year uproots thousands of people and seriously damages infrastructure and crops. The project intends to transform the state’s water security by turning wetlands into managed reserves that would both absorb excess monsoon rainfall and produce irrigation resources for the dry season.