The Ministry of Building Materials Industries and Promotion states that the government will release the imported cement stocks to the market within the next three weeks.
Its secretary Kirthi Ranjith Abeysiriwardena said that a bag of cement would be given to consumers for less than Rs. 1,500.
The Secretary to the Ministry of Building Materials Industries and Promotion stated that the current shortage of cement in the market is a sham made by some companies.
