UltraTech
Cement has introduced five electric trucks for transport of clinker from its
cement manufacturing unit Dhar Cement Works, located in Madhya Pradesh, to its
grinding unit Dhule Cement Works, located in Maharashtra.
To ensure reliable transportation, UltraTech
has also set up three charging stations, one at each of the units and one
enroute. “The transportation of clinker
using these five electric trucks in place of fossil-fuel based trucks will help
to reduce transport emissions by about 680 MT of CO2 annually,†reads the
release.
K C
Jhanwar, managing director, UltraTech Cement, said, “At UltraTech, we are
committed to driving sustainability across the value chain of our operations.
It is heartening that we have been able to accelerate our progress on sustainable
transport. The successful pilot of electric trucks, in addition to the CNG and
LNG trucks already deployed in our operations, is a significant step in our
efforts to enable ‘green mobility’.â€
It also reads, “UltraTech is committed to enabling sustainable transport and has
pledged to deploy 500 electric trucks and add 1000 CNG/LNG vehicles in its
operations by June 2025 as part of the Government of India’s eFAST initiative.â€
Towards this objective, UltraTech is engaging
with its logistics partners for the deployment of CNG and LNG trucks to replace
conventional diesel vehicles. UltraTech is among the first cement companies in
India to have introduced ‘Green Logistics’ in the form of CNG vehicles in 2021
and LNG vehicles in 2022. Through concerted efforts with logistic partners, the
Company currently has more than 390 CNG trucks and 50 LNG trucks operational
across 17 manufacturing units