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Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited (DCBL) Launches e-Trucks Initiative To Optimize Logistics Cost Before The End Of FY22

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In the first phase of the plan, DCBL has put two of the proposed 22 High Capacity Electric trucks on track and balance 20 will be put to use before the end of FY22.

One of the India’s pioneering homegrown cement companies Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited (DCBL) has recently launched its e-Truck initiative in India to accelerate sustainability goal of lowering carbon emissions as well as optimise the company’s overall logistics cost. According to the report, As per as the initiative, the company has introduced new EV truck fleet to transaport slag, a major raw material for cement manufacturing, from the facility of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) at Rourkela to its cement manufacturing unit in Rajgangpur. It is been said that the aim behind it is to reduce Co2 emissions pertaining to the diesel trucks make cement manufacturing and its transport a greener activity.

Further in the first phase of the plan, DCBL has put two of the proposed 22 High Capacity Electric trucks on track and balance 20 will be put to use before the end of (financial year ending March 2022) FY22. Initial program load (IPL) Tech, which is the India’s first manufacturer of high capacity trucks has been commissioned by DCBL to provide the first of its kind EVs. The company has also commissioned two charging stations at its Rajgangpur Unit and three more charging stations  to be installed by March, 2022. 

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The company has also commissioned two charging stations at its Rajgangpur Unit and three more charging stations  to be installed by March, 2022. 

Meanwhile Mahendra Singhi the Managing Director and CEO, Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited said that, “Achieving environmental sustainability has always been a priority for us at DCBL from a business and a social standpoint. While we are grateful that our government is creating the right policy and investment environment that encourages organisations to take positive environmental action, as private organisations we need to take the lead. By introducing our electric vehicle (EV) fleets nationally in partnership with SAIL, we are confident we will be able to achieve our sustainability goals of becoming carbon negative by 2040.”

Talking about Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited the company operates a manufacturing capacity of 33 MnT per annum (MTPA), across thirteen cement plants and grinding units which are spread across nine states. With over 20,000 dealers and sub-dealers, the company presently services more than 22 states and is among the leading players in every region where it is present in. To scale the business as well as venture into new geographies, both, acquisitions and greenfield expansions have been key for the company. Dalmia Cement is the only company with at least one plant in each of the four key eastern states of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha. 

Dalmia Cement is the only company with at least one plant in each of the four key eastern states of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha. 

The company also operates as Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd, which is a 100% subsidiary of Dalmia Bharat Ltd and is listed on the National Stock Exchange and the Bombay Stock Exchange. Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited is Founded in 1939 by Mr Jaidayal Dalmia.

Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited is Founded in 1939 by Mr Jaidayal Dalmia.

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