Diphu : It may sound a little too exaggerated or overstated now but Karbi Anglong autonomous district of Assam is going to get the largest solar power plant of the nation by the end of 2024 if all goes well. This project will produce just double the power than the Bhadla project of Rajasthan.

Bhadla is spread over 5700 hectares and produces 500 megawatt power although having a predictable capacity of 2245 megawatt; it was commissioned in 2022; this ambitious joint venture project of Ministry of Renewable Energy, Government of India and Assam Power Distribution Company Limited- Solar may solve many issues of this power striven region.

The mammoth power project will be put up at village Lankaijan around thirty five kilometers from Diphu, official headquarter town of Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council administered area; the project will be erected over twenty thousand Bigha of land bordering Hojai district of Assam.

Secretary to the Chief Executive Member Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council Mukul Kathar a senior Assam Civil Service bureaucrat who is also holding the charge of Land and Revenue department of the council has informed that the council authority is all set to handover the land to Assam Power Distribution Company Limited tomorrow.

Kathar informed that the Land and Revenue department will segregate the inter district border as per the map of Survey of India and entrust the territory to the implementing agency. He also mentioned that certain villages located in the fringe of the project area have been excluded.

Kathar however didn’t divulge other nitty-gritty’s of the venture like sharing of power, proceeds and power distribution mechanism as it’s too early to reconcile the project details. However he hinted that the power project will be completed within a short time and shall be dedicated for the nation.