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123/A, Miranda City Likaoli Prikano, Dope
+0989 7876 9865 9
+(090) 8765 86543 85
info@example.com
example.mail@hum.com
The Company has signed a new transport service contract for deployment
of about 100 electric vehicles (EV Trucks) for the transportation of 75,000 MT
of clinker per month from its integrated cement manufacturing unit Dhar Cement
Works, located in Madhya Pradesh, to its grinding unit Dhule Cement Works,
located in Maharashtra, which is about 400 kms distance for a roundtrip.
UltraTech is the first cement
company in India to deploy electric trucks at this scale for such a long lead
distance. The transportation of clinker using these
electric trucks in place of fossil-fuel based trucks is estimated to
help reduce transport emissions by 17,000 MT of CO2 annually.
The scale up follows the successful pilot that commenced in January
2024, wherein UltraTech introduced five electric trucks for transport of
clinker on this route. The pilot also included deployment of the charging
infrastructure as well as imparting intensive training to the truck drivers. UltraTech is also evaluating additional
routes for deployment of more EV trucks in its logistics operations. UltraTech
proposes to conduct another pilot using a similar model for transport of
clinker between two other manufacturing units of the Company.
K C Jhanwar, Managing Director, UltraTech Cement Limited,
said, “UltraTech is fully committed to realising its Net Zero goal by
2050. We have taken a holistic approach to integrating sustainability in our
business conduct. The scale up of EV
trucks in our logistics operations underscores our commitment to drive the
implementation of sustainable practices in the industry.”
UltraTech aims to deploy 500
electric trucks by June 2025 as part of the Government of India’s eFAST
initiative. It is among the first cement companies in India
to introduce ‘Green Logistics’ in the form of CNG vehicles in 2021, LNG
vehicles in 2022, and Electric Trucks in 2024. Through concerted efforts with
logistics partners, the Company currently has more than 468 CNG trucks and 67
LNG trucks operational for transport of products and material across several of
its manufacturing units.
