Jharkhand gets own Assembly building

Ranchi: 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. (PTI)