Cement manufacturer Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited, a subsidiary of Dalmia Bharat Limited, will start construction of its 2MT plant in Bokaro of Jharkhand in November.

A communiqué from the Jharkhand chief minister’s office said that Hemant Soren is likely to lay the foundation stone of the plant in November.

G. Keerthi, Bokaro regional director of the Jharkhand Industrial Area Development Authority, told The Telegraph that 16 acres of land were allocated to the company earlier this month.

“The cement manufacturer had given commitment for expansion of their existing plant during the launch of the Jharkhand Industrial and Investment Promotion Policy (JIIPP) in August in Delhi. The project clearance committee meeting of JIADA was held earlier this month and we had allocated 16 acres to the manufacturer at Balidih in Bokaro,” said Keerthi.

A release issued by the chief minister’s office said that the 2MT plant, according to the agreement signed by the company in Delhi, will be built at an estimated cost of Rs 577 crore. The work will commence in November and the plant construction will be completed in a year.

Dalmia Bharat Limited had in August this year unveiled a long-term plan to grow its cement capacity in the country and raise its manufacturing capacity to 110-130 million tonnes per annum by 2031.

Dalmia Cement (Bharat) had inked three memorandums of understanding with the Jharkhand government in August to invest Rs 758 crore in the state.

In addition to expanding its existing capacity of 3.7MT through de-bottlenecking, the company plans to set up a new grinding unit, taking the overall cement manufacturing capacity at Bokaro to 6.3MTPA.

In line with its commitment to curb carbon emissions, the company has signed a pact with the Jharkhand government to set up a solar power plant to provide clean energy to the state. The company will further invest Rs 250 crore for the solar power plant.

“At Dalmia Cement, we are committed to contributing to India’s growth story in terms of aiding the creation of world-class infrastructure, generating clean energy, and making India Atmanirbhar,” Mahendra Singhi, MD and CEO, Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited, had said during the inking of the MoU in Delhi in August.