Birla Corporation has suspended limestone mining at Chittorgarh following the Rajasthan High Court’s order to stop mining within 10 km of the Chittorgarh fort. The company plans to take necessary legal measures for revocation of the order, informed the company. Birla Corporation has an installed cement manufacturing capacity of 6.46 million tonne a year through seven cement plants in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh. Rajasthan has extensive cement grade limestone reserves and Chittorgarh is the main cement producing district. Most of the cement plants are located close to limestone mines as it is one of the key raw materials used for producing cement.