Bharathi Cement, a leading cement manufacturer of Hyderabad, announced that Line No.2 at Nallalingayapalli village in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh had commenced production as per the schedule. With this, the capacity of the cement plant has gone up from 2.5 million tpa to 5 million tpa.

The plant is directly linked to rail and road networks between Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Chennai, and will supply to the markets of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Goa, Pondicherry, and Andaman & Nicobar.

The plant, which has limestone reserves for more than 100 years, has state-of-the-art technology with robotic quality control that ensures consistent quality of cement in every bag. The plant also complies with environmental standards as well as Indian and international safety standards.

Bharathi Cement, a subsidiary of Vicat Group of France, produces OPC 43 Grade, OPC 53 Grade and Portland Pozzolana Cement, and is shortly planning to launch Portland Slag Cement.