To overcome the scarcity of construction material in the state, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday asked the Punjab Mandi Board, Public Works Department (B&R) and Irrigation Department to make optimum utilization of 93.15 lakh MT of gravel sand boulder (GSB) lying unused 7at various Government construction sites for public works.
As much as 88 lakh MT of GSB was stacked at the construction site of Ranjit Sagar Dam (RSD), four lakh MT at village Handwal in Hoshiarpur district, and 1.15 lakh MT at Balachaur in Nawanshahr district.
The decision was taken during a meeting with the senior officers of the departments of Industries and Commerce, Punjab Mandi Board, PWD (B&R), Power and Irrigation at the Chief Minister’s Residence on Tuesday morning.
Badal directed the Mandi Board and PWD (B&R) to utilize the available supply of GSB for the construction and upgradation of link roads in the entire State.