Industries minister T R B Rajaa on Sunday carried out a review meeting to assess the performance of the cement manufacturing plant of theTamil Nadu Cements Corporation Limited(TANCEM) in Kayarlabath in Ariyalur district.
The has embarked on a mission to double the tree and forest cover in the state from 23% to 33%. Contributing to the mission, we will consider planting suitable tree saplings in the closed mines, the saplings that could accustom to the conditions will be selected, T R B Rajaa said.
Under the Naan Muthalvan scheme to upskill the youths, he said that the local workforce will be upskilled. As a part of enhancing the collaboration between Industry-academia, he said that the industries department would consider providing permissions to students interested in exploring the TANCEM cement unit.