Cement Manufacturing Company, Star Cement is planning to expand its unit in the North-East with the Centre aiming for building affordable housing in the region. It had recently commissioned a grinding unit in West Bengal at an investment of Rs 450 crore, taking its overall capacity to over six million tpa with a clinker capacity of 2.8 million tonne. Along with the West Bengal, Assam and Meghalaya are the two states where the company has its presence. The cumulative investment in both the projects could be approximately Rs 1,400 crore. The expansion of the cement capacity which would follow the scaling up of clinker capacity.