Tamil Nadu to invest Rs 515 cr in cement plants

01 Jun 2012 CW Staff

The Government of Tamil Nadu has issued orders to upgrade two of its cement plants with an investment of Rs 515 crore. It has also sanctioned Rs 67.46 crore to Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers to set up its first cement plant.

Apart from this, the government has sanctioned Rs 165 crore for modernising the Alangulam cement plant with an outlay of Rs 165 crore, while orders have been issued to appoint a project management consultant to increase the production of the Arivalur plant to 1.5 mn tonne a year from the current 500,000 tonne.

Contact: Government of Tamil Nadu.
Tel: 044-2566 5566.
Website:www.tn.gov.in

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