Union Steel and Heavy Industries Minister H D Kumaraswamy’s recent visit to the Cement Corporation of India (CCI) factory at Bokajan in Karbi Anglong

Key points:

The council has been receiving nominal royalty from CCI despite significant annual expenditures

CCI to expand its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives to focus on reducing unemployment and promoting skill development.

Inauguration of the hot gas utilisation project in the raw mills of the cement factory. Important issues of the area were placed before Kumaraswamy during the meeting, like the need to upgrade the Bokajan cement factory, implement pollution control measures and improve infrastructure at the local Kendriya Vidyalaya.

Foundation laid for a 1-MW grid connected solar PV plant near the cement factory colony, in line with the country’s renewable energy goals.