{"id":79846,"date":"2021-09-20T17:59:42","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T12:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=79846"},"modified":"2021-09-20T17:59:46","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T12:59:46","slug":"nocs-22-cement-factories-punjab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/nocs-22-cement-factories-punjab.html","title":{"rendered":"NOCs issued for setting up 22 cement factories in Punjab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Punjab government has issued as many as 22 no-objection certificates (NOCs) for the establishment of new cement factories, in a bid to regulate the cement industry, according to news published on Sunday (September 19).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/apcma-reports-24-3-growth-in-cement-sector.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">APCMA reports 24.3% growth in cement sector<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The provincial government has ensured that no new factory is established in areas that were declared \u2018negative\u2019. An earlier study to this effect, had declared areas around Kallar Kahar to be \u2018negative\u2019 for setting up these factories, owing to the fast depletion of the underground water table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Chief Minister (CM) Usman Buzdar, the new cement factories will create job opportunities for millions of people, which will boost economic development and elevate the area. He went to say that the steps taken for the development of salt and coal industries were producing positive results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chief minister further revealed that the Punjab Mineral Development Corporation collected PKR 1.64 billion and 21 rock salt exploration licenses were issued. In addition, the production capacity of the department was increased with the establishment of 8 salt and 4 coal mines.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/abad-govt-stabilise-cement-steel-material.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ABAD chairman asks govt to stabilise cement and steel bars prices<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, CM Buzdar disclosed that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/coal-prices-cement-rate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ban on coal mining<\/a> has been lifted and Mineral Cadastral System has been introduced to provide timely information. It was reported that the minerals and mine department has developed a state-of-the-art in-service training academy in the Punjab School of Mines, Katas. So far, 3,000 workers have been provided professional training.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Punjab government has issued as many as 22 no-objection certificates (NOCs) for the establishment of new cement factories, in a bid to regulate the cement industry, according to news published on Sunday (September 19). Read: APCMA reports 24.3% growth in cement sector The provincial government has ensured that no new factory is established in areas that were declared \u2018negative\u2019. An earlier study to this effect, had declared areas around Kallar Kahar to be \u2018negative\u2019 for setting up these factories, owing to the fast depletion of the underground water table. According to Chief Minister (CM) Usman Buzdar, the new cement factories will create job opportunities for millions of people, which will boost economic development and elevate the area. He went to say that the steps taken for the development of salt and coal industries were producing positive results. The chief minister further revealed that the Punjab Mineral Development Corporation collected PKR 1.64 billion and 21 rock salt exploration licenses were issued. In addition, the production capacity of the department was increased with the establishment of 8 salt and 4 coal mines.\u00a0 Read: ABAD chairman asks govt to stabilise cement and steel bars prices Moreover, CM Buzdar disclosed that the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":76191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15013],"tags":[48312,48314,48315,48309,48310],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-79846","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-construction","8":"tag-boost-economic-development","9":"tag-developed-a-state-of-the-art-in-service-training-academy-in-the-punjab-school-of-mines","10":"tag-new-cement-factories-will-create-job-opportunities-for-millions-of-people-2","11":"tag-nocs-issued-for-setting-up-22-cement-factories-in-punjab","12":"tag-punjab-government-has-issued-as-many-as-22-no-objection-certificates-nocs-for-the-establishment-of-new-cement-factories","13":"cat-15013-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NOCs issued for setting up 22 cement factories in Punjab - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Punjab government has issued as many as 22 no-objection certificates (NOCs) for the establishment of new cement factories, in a bid to.....\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/nocs-22-cement-factories-punjab.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NOCs issued for setting up 22 cement factories in Punjab - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Punjab government has issued as many as 22 no-objection certificates (NOCs) for the establishment of new cement factories, in a bid to.....\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/nocs-22-cement-factories-punjab.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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