The Punjab Chief Minister, Charanjit Singh Channi, has laid the foundation stones of Shree Cement’s Punjab plant at Deh Kalan village, and a medical college at Ghabdan village with a total cost of INR1050m (US$13.7m).

The chief minister said that the 5Mta project have an estimated cost of INR700m, and includes a captive railway siding. The plant site and rail siding have a total land area of 42ha and will require 32MW of power, he added.