CM lays stone of OCL third cement plant

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday laid the foundation stone of the OCL India Ltd, Flagship Company of Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd (DCBL), third integrated cement plant at Rajgangpur. The new manufacturing facility would be known as Dalmia DSP Unit. Patnaik unveiled the plaque on video conferencing from the State Secretariat in presence of DCBL Group DEO Mahendra Singhi. Sundargarh district administration along with DCBL Executive Director-Manufacturing (East) Sunil Gupta joined the event at Rajgangpur. The stone-laying ceremony marks a key milestone in DCBL’s commitment towards industrial growth and investment in Odisha. The OCL India Ltd had earlier proposed to set up a new unit of 2.25 million tonne per annum (MTPA) cement manufacturing and three MTPA clinker manufacturing capacity at Rajgangpur. With the plant going live, the company’s total capacity in Rajgangpur would increase to 6.25 MTPA in cement and 5.9 MTPA in clinker manufacturing. The new Dalmia DSP Unit would entail an investment of Rs 2,000 crore and it is expected to be commissioned by late 2019. Speaking on the occasion at Bhubaneswar, Mahendra Singhi, said, “On behalf of DCBL, I take this opportunity to sincerely thank Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for his confidence in our ability to support the growth of Odisha’s vibrant and growing economy through the new state-of-the-art plant at Rajgangpur.” There is a growing demand of cement due to infrastructural growth in eastern India and our plan to add fresh capacity through the new unit is an approach to be ready to cater to this growing demand, he added.