CM Sarbananda Sonowal directs Forest Department to make the stone chips, and sand available within 10 days
GUWAHATI: With Assam facing scarcity of construction materials mainly stone chips, sands, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal asked the Forest Department to make the materials available within 10 days.
Chairing a meeting of Public works department (PWD) and Forest Departments, Sonowal constituted a high powered committee with Additional Chief Secretary, PWD Alak Kumar and four other officers to assess the causes leading to the scarcity of the building materials.
The government has received several complaints from different circles regarding shortfall of building materials, Sonowal convened an urgent meeting and directed the concerned authority to take the remedial steps so that construction activities do not face any bottlenecks because of the shortage of sand, chips etc.
Sonowal also directed to expedite the repairing work of roads and said that he would take the review of the progress of the work every month on a regular basis.
Chairing a meeting of Public works department (PWD) and Forest Departments, Sonowal constituted a high powered committee with Additional Chief Secretary, PWD Alak Kumar and four other officers to assess the causes leading to the scarcity of the building materials.
The government has received several complaints from different circles regarding shortfall of building materials, Sonowal convened an urgent meeting and directed the concerned authority to take the remedial steps so that construction activities do not face any bottlenecks because of the shortage of sand, chips etc.
Sonowal also directed to expedite the repairing work of roads and said that he would take the review of the progress of the work every month on a regular basis.