The Telangana Government held a meeting with various cement companies to discuss the issue of supply of cement and right pricing for white topping of roads and other civil works in the State.
State Industries Minister Jupally Krishna Rao and IT & Panchayat Raj Minister K.T. Rama Rao met with the representatives of various cement manufacturing units in the Secretariat today and wanted them to come up with a lower quote for supply. It is planned to lay about 400-500 km road in Hyderabad in two months time.
Representatives from India Cements, Rain Cements, JayPee Cements, Deccan, Penna, Keerthi industries, Zuari Cements, Anjani Portland Cement, Kakatiya, Kesoram, and other cement industries participated in the discussion.
This meeting was specifically convened with the representatives of cement industries to negotiate on the price of the cement. The industry quoted Rs 250 per bag. The representative from the industry requested for a day’s time to get back regarding the Government request to bring down the supply price.
The cement firms were requested to re-consider and give a lower quotation keeping in view the amount of work which is being taken up both for roads as well as construction of houses. The IT Minister also stated that they intended to use cement top roads for districts and villages, which could push up demand.