Members of the Chennai Civil Engineers Association plan to go on hunger strike if cement prices continue to soar.
In a press briefing held on Friday, the association’s president, T. Thayanithi, said cement prices had gone up by ₹100 in the last ten days. The price hike was done despite the cost of raw materials remaining the same. This would severely affect the construction industry, which was already facing many struggles he said. Members demanded that the State government fix the price for cement according to its quality and regulate it.