Question

Give an account of cement and fertilizer industries

Answer 1

pollution
harm ful gas

Answer 2

FERTILIZER INDUSTRY

• India is the third largest producer of nitrogenous fertilizers.
• There are 57 fertilizer units manufacturing nitrogenous and complex nitrogenous fertilizers, 29 for urea and 9 for producing ammonium sulphate as a by product and 68 other small units produce single superphosphate.
• There are 10 public sector undertakings and one in cooperative sector at Hazira in Gujarat under the Fertilizer Corporation of India.
• Significant producers are Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Bihar, Maharashtra, Assam, West Bengal, Delhi, Goa, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka.

CEMENT INDUSTRY

• Cement is essential for construction activities such as building houses, factories, bridges, roads, airports, dams and for other commercial establishments.
• This industry requires bulky and heavy raw materials like limestone, silica, Alumina and Gypsum. Coal electric power needed a part from rail transportation.
• This industry has strategically located plants in Gujarat that have suitable access to the market in the Gulf countries.