Dalmia Cement Bharat Bags Multiple Prestigious Awards in North East India Reaffirming its Regional Commitment

• Cement Major’s manufacturing units in Meghalaya & Assam awarded over 35 honours across categories

Shillong, October XX, 2022: Reinforcing its regional commitment and leadership, Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited (DCBL), a leading Indian cement major and a subsidiary of Dalmia Bharat Limited, has garnered multiple awards from reputed industry, government and regulatory bodies for its North East manufacturing units that include its East Jaintia Hills unit in Meghalaya as well as Guwahati Cement Works, Umrongso & Lanka manufacturing units in Assam.

Dalmia Cement Bharat’s Meghalaya manufacturing unit won the over all2nd Prize at the North East Metalliferous Mines Safety Week for the year 2021 while its talents won the 1st prize in the First Aid Competition, six awards in the Mines Inspection category, and a whopping nine individual prizes in different categories in trade test competition.

Commenting on the manifold accolades received by the manufacturing units in Meghalaya & Assam, Shri Padmanav Chakravarty, Regional Manufacturing Head, North East, DCBL said “At Dalmia Cement Bharat, we take great pride in the recognitions we earn as this reiterates our increasing dedication to the region, its environment and the community, at large. We see these honours from respectable institutions as an inspiration to our unit and team and we look to further to strengthen our commitment and efforts so that we can surpass industry benchmarks as well as champion our various sustainability and community endeavours.”

Dalmia Cement Bharat was commended for its relentless efforts to reduce emissions and enhance water positivity at the prestigious 22nd Annual Greentech Awards 2022 in Guwahati and was awarded the 'Environment Protection for Corporate' honour at the event. The Assam team was also honoured by the state GST Commissioner as ‘Assam's best tax compliant & revenue generation.’ Additionally, the Umrangso and Lanka units won Outstanding achievements in the ‘Excellent Energy Efficient Unit’ category from The Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII) during its Energy Leadership & Energy Excellence 2021-22 event.

At the recent North East Metalliferous Mines Safety Week in Guwahati, Dalmia Cement Bharat’s Jamunanagar Limestone Mines of Umrangso, Assam was awarded the over all 1st Prize in for the year 2019-2020 and the over all 3rd Prize for the year 2020-2021. The Assam team also bagged a total of 13 individual prizes in various categories in trade test competition.

Since commencing business in the North East region almost 10 years ago, DCBL has not only established itself as a cement leader in the states it has a presence in, but has also earned itself a reputation for being a social transformation partner and an environmental steward spearheading social and climate change initiatives within the region and beyond.

About Dalmia Bharat:

Founded in 1939, Dalmia Bharat Limited (DBL) (BSE/NSE Symbol: DALBHARAT) is one of India’s pioneering cement companies headquartered in New Delhi. With a growing capacity, currently pegged at 37.0 MnT, Dalmia Bharat Limited is the fourth-largest cement manufacturing company in India by installed capacity. Spread across 10 states and 14 manufacturing units, the Company is a category leader in super-speciality cement used for oil well, railway sleepers and airstrips and is the country’s largest producer of Portland Slag Cement (PSC). Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited, a subsidiary of Dalmia Bharat Limited, prides itself at having one of the lowest carbon footprints globally in the cement world. It is the first cement company to commit to RE100, EP100 & EV100 (first triple joiner) – showing real business leadership in the clean energy transition by taking a joined-up approach. Visit us at https://www.dalmiacement.com/.

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