Bokaro: Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited, a leading Indian cement major and a subsidiary of Dalmia Bharat Limited, announced the official launch of its Bokaro facility through a groundbreaking ceremony officiated by the Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Hemant Soren. The company set up its grinding unit in Bokaro with an investment to add capacity of 2.6 MTPA which will take the overall capacity of the unit to 6.3 MTPA.
Chief minister said Dalmia will definitely benefit the state. “we assure full cooperation in making Dalmia unit of Bokaro as one of the largest cement producer of the country,” he said. The Dalmia Bharat Cement Plant already established here has a production capacity of 3.7 million tonnes per annum. With the commissioning of the new unit, the annual production capacity will increase to 6.2 million tonnes.
Education minister, Jagarnath Mahato, MLA’s Biranchi Narayan (Bokaro), Jaimangal Singh (Bermo) and Lambodar Mahato (Gomia), Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Rajiv Arun Ekka, Secretary to Chief Minister Vinay Kumar Choubey, Industries Secretary Pooja Singhal, besides the management of Dalmia Bharat Group including Managing Director Puneet Dalmiya and Mahendra Singhi (MD & CEO) were also present at the occasion.
Commenting on the launch of its Bokaro Facility in Jharkhand, Puneet Dalmia said, “Jharkhand is entering a new era of growth and stability with increased focus on the environment, industry, infrastructure, skill-building, education and more. We are here to march along with this great state through our business ambitions as well as our social and sustainability initiatives. With the launch of our cement facility in Bokaro we are confident that we will be able to forge new realities that will help boost the economic development of not just the state, but our country as well.”
While the company launched its Bokaro plant, it is also addressing some pressing environmental and social challenges such as climate action, livelihood generation, job skill training and social development. Mahendra Singhi said, “with the support of the Government of Jharkhand we have been able to successfully launch our Bokaro plant today. We now look to move towards a circular economy by producing cement in a sustainable way through our environmental initiatives and community efforts in Jharkhand.” 
The Inclusive Development and Growth strategy of the company has enabled it to make more focused interventions in identified domains for the larger benefit of communities.
