Prayagraj will become an important center for cement production. According to informed officials, the area, which already has two cement plants, is about to gain three Lake. The property has been identified for the three cement plants that will be built by three different ones private companies in Shankragarh region.
The district currently operates two such plants. This includes a 6.6 MTPA cement mixing plant owned by the Jaypee Group in Sadwa and a 2 MTPA plant owned by Ultra Tech Cement in Bara. But now, JK Cement Ltd, one of India's top producers of gray cement and one of the top producers of white cement worldwide, together with KJS cement and Eco Cement Ltd, have started the process of establish factories in the Trans-Yamuna area of Prayagraj using the state government push to encourage investment in Uttar Pradesh.
“A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed with the company. With an edition of 4 billion, the company would build a 2.50 MTPA clinker mill in the Bara region. A top official with the Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Authority stated that the company already was in the process of buying land (UPSIDA). According to him, all help is being offered companies so that they can invest in the area in accordance with the plans of the state government.
Like KJS Cement, Eco Cement Ltd has started to build a 4 MTPA clinker grinding machine facility at Lakhanpur in Bara on 25,829 acres of land. KJS Cement has also started the process of building a 2 MTPA plant in Meja.