THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Roads without coal tar and building without cement and iron rods will be subjected to punishment in the coming days. The chief minister has inaugurated the Automated quality control mobile labs which can easily gauge the standards of the materials used in the construction works. Starting from the ph of the water to the quality of the cement and tar used, the lab can easily discern the quality of the material from a report. For constructions work, the water used should have a ph value of 7, no less or no more. The Non-Destructive Testing(NDT) equipment is the highlight of the lab which evaluates the properties of the material without causing any damage.

The lab will be run by experts in the domain and the result will be instantaneous. The total cost involved in the project is Rs 2.7 crore.