India’s JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd has recently upgraded the capacity at two grinding units in Gujarat to supply the growing demand in the region.

The units in Kalol and Surat supply cement for both Gujarat and Maharashtra. "Our combined capacity at both these locations has been raised to about 2.5Mta from earlier 1.5Mta," said Shailendra Chouksey, whole-time director, JK Lakshmi Cement.

"We have been expecting reasonable growth in the cement sector largely driven by various government initiatives such as Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana as well as focus on infrastructure projects. The demand has grown 14-15 per cent across India since Diwali last year," said Mr Chouksey.

JK Lakshmi is also planning to commission another grinding unit in Odisha in the third quarter of FY18-19.