Birla Corporation has decided to bring back on track its Rs 250 crore capacity expansion project at Kundanganj, Uttar Pradesh.
The project was put on hold in May 2020 due to uncertainties over cement consumption. In view of the recovery witnessed in the past few months, the company has now set in motion the capacity expansion project.
The company's factory under construction at Mukutban in Maharashtra is expected to be commissioned in September 2021. Its construction was delayed due to the lockdown imposed in March 2020, and the labour shortage that followed even after restrictions were removed.
The window for tax incentives for the factory has been extended by the government of Maharashtra by 18 months till December 2022.
Also, the project to scale up kiln capacity at Chanderia in Rajasthan, worth Rs 150 crore, is nearing completion and will be connected during the next planned shutdown of the facility.