It is reported that Mr. Nishantha Wickramasinghe, the Chairman of the Construction Industry Skills Council, said that due to the strengthening of the rupee against the dollar, the prices of building materials including cement should be reduced by about 25% by now, and by not doing so, manufacturers and importers will earn a lot of profit.
He has also mentioned that due to the rise in prices, inferior quality iron and wire as well as paint coating materials are also available in the market.