PEOPLE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH GETTING CEMENT MANUFACTURED IN THEIR AREA, COMPARATIVELY COSTLIER THAN PROVIDED FOR THE NEIGHBOURING STATES, AND NO STATE GOVERNMENT TAKING COGNISANCE OF THIS LAPSE OF THE REASON BEHIND BARS

Industty is partly depending upon the Agriculture and the construction work depending upon the mining as a whole where in sand, Aggregates are directly related to those of its constituent aggregates, aggregates for load bearing concrete should be hard, strong and non porous, free from friable elongated and laminated particles, however, stones having mica inclusion should be avoided. Stones of the varieties of granite, quartzite, trap and basalt, and those with rough non glossy surface are considered best, however sand stones are considered porous and make poor concrete and also produce the shrinkage cracks. Lime stone is quite good provided it is hard, crystalline and entirely free from dust. The principal chemical constituent of cement are 60 to 70 percent of lime, 17 to 25 percent silica and 3 to 8 percent alumina, which are intimately mixed together with water to form into a slurry, which is subsequently heated, dried, calcined and grown to a very fine powder and a small proportion of gypsum is added before grinding in order to control the rate of setting. Himachal pradesh is in good position to get all above materials from the natural sources of the hill terrains but it is regretted to point out the rate of cement in the state as compared to the neighbouring states of Punjab, Haryana and Delhi and people facing problems because of such increase in the rates of the Cement but no Government taking cognisance of this lapse of the considerable hike as compared to others and for which it is necessary for the Government to fix rate of the cement at factory outlet instead of the through rate at every corner of the states taking benefits of the Cement manufactured in the Himachal pradesh environmental impact , and disturbing the pollution control of the area and circle, where state Government failed to control the extra hikes of cement for the state public available comparatively costlier than provided to the neighbouring states:-- Er Fateh Chand Guleria, Director RTI welfare Association registered number HPCD, 3552 , Bilaspur Himachal pradesh phone number, 9459334377 .