Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday laid the foundation for a thermal power project to be built by Adani Power Limited in Assam’s Dhubri district on land where the homes of 1,400 Bengali-origin Muslim families were evicted in July 2025, as reported by the Scroll.
It further reported that the 3,200 MW thermal power project, which has been described by Sarma as Assam’s “biggest-ever power project,” is located across Charuabakhra, Chirakuta I and II, and Santoshpur villages under the Chapar revenue circle, the place where as many as 1,400 families were situated before eviction in July 2025.
The families, while talking to the FoEJ Media, said that it was not only the loss of their houses but also their cherished belongings and the basic means to live with dignity. “Around 70-80 JCBs came crashing into their houses without giving them proper time to vacate,” they told FoEJ Media.
The chief minister on Sunday said that the 3,200 MW thermal power project was Assam’s “biggest-ever power project.” He said that the power project would generate enough energy that it would generate enough electricity that it would meet the state’s entire power needs, the scroll highlighted.
“Assam has just launched its biggest-ever power project. The 3,200 MW thermal power project in western Assam will generate enough electricity to meet the state’s entire power needs,” the X account of CM Sarma read.
“This ₹48,000 crore project is a direct outcome of #AdvantageAssam2.0, held just 18 months ago,” it added.
Sarma had earlier stated that the Adani Group had pledged investments worth Rs 50,000 crore, a proposal originally announced during a business summit held in the state in February.
An Expert Appraisal Committee under the Union Environment Ministry recommended, on July 14, that environmental clearance be granted to Adani Power Limited’s proposed coal-based thermal power plant.
During its submission for environmental clearance, the company stated to the ministry that there were no habitations at the site and that since the site was uninhabited, no rehabilitation or resettlement would be required.
District authorities, as highlighted by the scroll, had allocated 300 bighas of land in Baizar Alga village to rehabilitate the affected persons and earmarked Rs 50,000 as one-time relief to help them transport their belongings. However, some residents said they were unwilling to move to the site, since it is a low-lying riverine area in the middle of the Brahmaputra.
On March 30, 2025, the district administration submitted a proposal to convert village grazing land to a category of government land designated for cattle grazing for the power project, according to minutes of a district-level land advisory meeting held on April 2.
