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JAIPUR: Urban development housing (UDH) minister Shanti Dhariwal on Saturday said the state government has directed the DMRC to complete the Metro train track laying work by June 30.After a meeting with the DMRC officials, Dhariwal said, "The DMRC had committed to the state government to complete the work by June 30. So we asked them to positively complete the work by June 30." He said that by August 15, the city would witness launch of Metro train in the city.The meeting was attended by DMRC MD Mangu Singh, UDH principal secretary GS Sandhu and various other DMRC, JMRC and state government officials. Mangu Singh also inspected the work in progress and assured the state government that the work would be completed by the aniticipated date.Sources said the DMRC could take strict action against those contractors who could not keep the deadlines. The sources also said delay in work could be because of delay in getting possession of land, traffic problems, delay in payment by contractors to sub contractors, and also delay in supply of raw material.