Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Governor of Riyadh region, chaired here on Tuesday evening the first meeting of the third session of the Council of Riyadh Region The participants of the meeting reviewed a number of topics including the hike of prices in building materials, notably iron and complaints of the contractors in this context as well as the impact of the hike of prices on their activities. The meeting was briefed on the efforts of the Commerce and Industry Ministry to tackle these problems as well as the decision of the Cabinet number 125, dated on 29-4-1429AH, approving the arrangements made to guarantee the availability of the commodities and goods and controlling the prices at the local market, and other related topics.
