Guwahati, July 17 -- Assam has unveiled plans to invest more than Rs 77,353 crore across hydro, solar, thermal and energy storage projects to generate 8,457 MW of power, marking the largest investment pipeline in the state's power sector history.

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the state is aiming to increase its power generation capacity from the current 450 MW to 8,457 MW.

In a post on X, the Chief Minister said, "Today's Assam dreams big & delivers even bigger. An investment of Rs 77,000+ crore in the power sector will generate more than 8,000 MW of electricity in the coming days to charge up the journey of a Viksit Assam."

Presenting the state budget, Assam Finance Minister Jayanta Mallabaruah said the state's power sector ...