Guwahati, June 12 : Assam will get a new Assembly building in August this year, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on Monday.

When the state's capital moved from Shillong to Dispur in September 1972, a temporary house was bought for the Assam Legislative Assembly, which had previously been housed in a tea warehouse. On March 16, 1973, the current Dispur building hosted its first session.

The cost of the new assembly building in Assam was raised from its initial estimate of Rs 234 crore to Rs 351 crore due to various delays and revisions.

The main assembly building, annexe I building, and annexe II building make up Assam's new Legislative Assembly complex, which is spread across a 10-acre property, according to a senior government official.