The government has taken effective steps for bringing down the price of river sand in the State in the next 15 days, said Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami.
Speaking at the function to inaugurate the annual government exhibition brought up by the State Information and Public Relations Department at the Bose Maidan in the city on Sunday, Mr. Palaniswami said that at present mining of about 8,500 loads of river sand takes place every day in the state.
The government will take initiative to increase it to 12,000 loads per day in the next fortnight.