Family cards sought for quarry workers Staff Reporter ERODE: The Government should give family cards to hundreds of workers in various quarries, the Erode district branch of the Indian National Rural Labourers Federation said. The executive meeting held here on Sunday also sought monthly pension for workers in the unorganised sector. Due to recent rain and flood, building materials mainly sand was not available for the construction work. Hence the Government should arrange for supply of sand and raw materials to those in need at reasonable prices, it said. COLOUR GRANITE QUARRY PREDOMINANTLYCREAMY YELLOW- OF CLIENTS PROPERTY — ERODE Colour granite quarry in tamil nadu, Erode District, Sathyamangalam Taluk, GuthiyalathurVillage-20 kms from Sathyamangalam, predominantly creamy yellow stones with garnet crystals dispersion(garnetiferous feldspathic gneissess), which is in demand, globally, easy transportation access, process of getting approval initially for 8.3642 acres out of 75.377 acres from Tamil Nadu Forest Department, Agricultural Engineering Department, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board have been initiated.According to the consultant mining engineer and chartered engineerreport dated 03.02.09, the rock formations show impregnations of garnets of varied sizes, ranging from 0.1 cm to 1.0 cm. The garnets aligned parallel to the banding/bedding plane, in the form of wavy streaks in this type of leptynites. the d ispersion of garnet crystals enhances the aesthetic look. besides this the wavy banding of major minerals like quartz and feldspar is an added attraction. with impregnation of garnet in the form of wavy streaks parallel to the gnessic structure of the rock. Xcellent opportunity for investment and exports. Rs.20 lakhs per acre expected. negotiable.
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ERODE: The Government should give family cards to hundreds of workers in various
quarries, the Erode district branch of the Indian National Rural Labourers Federation said.The executive meeting held here on Sunday also sought monthly pension for workers in the
unorganised sector.
Due to recent rain and flood, building materials mainly sand was not available for the
construction work. Hence the Government should arrange for supply of sand and rawmaterials to those in need at reasonable prices, it said.
COLOUR GRANITE QUARRY PREDOMINANTLY CREAMY YELLOW- OF CLIENTS PROPERTY — ERODEColour granite quarry in tamil nadu, Erode District, Sathyamangalam Taluk, Guthiyalathur
Village-20 kms from Sathyamangalam, predominantly creamy yellow stones with garnet crystals
dispersion(garnetiferous feldspathic gneissess), which is in demand, globally, easy transportationaccess, process of getting approval initially for 8.3642 acres out of 75.377 acres from Tamil
Nadu Forest Department, Agricultural Engineering Department, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control
Board have been initiated.According to the consultant mining engineer and chartered engineer report dated 03.02.09, the rock formations show impregnations of garnets of varied sizes,
ranging from 0.1 cm to 1.0 cm. The garnets aligned parallel to the banding/bedding plane, in the
form of wavy streaks in this type of leptynites. the dispersion of garnet crystals enhances the
aesthetic look. besides this the wavy banding of major minerals like quartz and feldspar is anadded attraction. with impregnation of garnet in the form of wavy streaks parallel to the gnessic
structure of the rock. Xcellent opportunity for investment and exports.
Erode District is well developed in Agriculture. Agriculture and allied activities provide employment to the major chunk of population. As per 1991 census, 59.68%
of the total workforce depends on these sector. Further this sector provides basicraw material to the industrial sector leading to the deep-rooted growth of agro based
industries in this part of the state.
The total area brought under food crop production is 1.84 lakh hectares (during
1999-2000) in this district. The total cropped area is 3.57 hectares constituting
5.48% of the state’s total cropped area. The major crops in this district are Rice,
Groundnut, Sugarcane, Gingelly, Turmeric, Jowar, Ragi, Coconut, Cotton,Horsegram, Tobacco, Banana, and Tapioca etc. The cropping intensity is 1.15.
Cultivable area is 61.7% of the total geographical area of the district. Total areacovered under Rice, Groundnut, Sugarcane, Gingelly, Turmeric, Jowar, Ragi,Coconut, Cotton, Horsegram, Greengram, Maize, Tobacco, Tapioca and Fruit crops
is 2.52 lakh hectares. It contributes 71% of the total cropped area of the district
giving rich scope for the growth and development of the food products, textile products and other agro based industries in this district.
LAND USE PATTERN
Geographical area of this district is 8,16,191 Hectares accounting for 6.3% of the
total area of the state. Forest accounted for 28.03% against the state average of
16.4% in 1999-2000. The net area sown in 1999-2000 was 37.89% and land under non agricultural uses constitutes 9.18%. Nearly 23.81% of the land remains fallow
during the year.
It is pertinent to note that Erode District accounted for the highest percentage of
area under current fallow. On an average of 142219 Hectates accounted for 17.4%
of the total area of the district, is kept as current fallow right from 1993-94 to 1999-2000, against the state average of 8.3%, inspite of very favorable rainfall in this
district during this period. Area wise its fallow land is the highest in the state with
an extent of 1,94,343 hectares (both current fallow and other fallow.
This could be attributed to non availability of irrigation facilities & the lands
depending on the monsoon, as well as year to year turn system followed in Lower
Erode district is well supported by irrigation facilities. Nearly 55.29% of the sown
area is irrigated in this district. Cauvery and Bhavani are the two main rivers in thisdistrict. The river Bhavani extensively benefits agriculture in Sathyamangalam and
Gobichettipalayam taluks. Cauvery river provides irrigation facilities to a limitedextent in Bhavani and Erode taluk. The Bhavani Sagar Dam has been constructed below the confluence of rivers Bhavani and Moyar. It extensively benefits
cultivation in all the taluks except Dharapuram in this district. The Parambikulam
Aliyar Project which benefits very much the argiculture in Coimbatore District,
provides irrigation facility to a limited extent to Dharapuram and Kangayam Taluksof Erode District. The Amaravathi reservoir project is another source which irrigates
a part of Dharapuram Taluk. All These sources cover 30.98% of the net sown area.
Wells are another major source of irrigation, which accounts for 22.13% of netsown area.
Agriculture is a major economic activity in this district providing employment to59.68% of the work force. Nearly 3.09 lakh hectares of land accounting for 38% of
the total land has been brought under cultivation. This constituted nearly 5.66% of
the cropped area of the state. Total cultivate area in this district is 5.04 lakhhectares. Due to the variation in the soil type, irrigation facilities and rainfed crops a
variety of food crops, plantation crop and cash crop are grown in this district. Gross
area under different product group is given below.
Food crop accounted for 51.54% of the gross cropped area in this district, of which
cereals and pulses are the main products accounting for 34.20% of the area,followed by sugarcane 8.68%. Among the nonfood crops, oil seeds occupy prime
place with 54.42% of the area coming under this head and 26.37 to the gross
cropped area.
It is worth mentioning the following points which considering the cultivation
pattern in this district.
1. Oil seeds are the major crop accounting for 94018 hectares, 26.37% of the
Gross cropped area.2. Groundnut and Gingelly are the main oil seeds with 55696 hectares, 23105
hectares respectively.
3. Erode District stands 3rd place in terms of area under oil seeds followed byVillupuram and Namakkal Districts and occupied 2nd place in terms of
productivity followed by Villupuram District.
4. Gingelly occupies the first place in terms of cropped area and second place
in productivity next to Namakkal District during 1999-2000 in Tamilnadu
State.
5. Paddy is cultivated in 60,328 hectares. It accounts for 66.73% of the area
under cereals in this district. Jowar occupies 2nd place in the cereals with
6. It is to mention that ragi is cultivated in 11,657 Hectares which occupies 5th
position in Tamilnadu.
7. Sugarcane is cultivated in 30,903 Hectares and it occupied 6th place in area,
3rd place in terms of Cone production & Gur production in Tamilnadu.
8. Tobacco is cultivated in 4923 Hectares which is the top most place in thestate and 3rd place in productivity followed by Nagapattinam & Coimbatore
Districts.
9. Horsegram is cultivated in 8772 Hectares which occupies 3rd place in terms
of cropped area in the state.
HORTICULTURE
Erode is a major horticulture belt in the state. Almost all the fruits, vegetables,
spices, flowers and plantation varieties are grown here.
This district is well known for turmeric. Turmeric is grown in 14533 hectares,which occupies the first position in area under turmeric in the state of Tamilnadu.
Erode turmeric is sent throughout the country. Chillies is another spice grown in
1200 hectares. During 1999-2000, 30883 hectares are coming under horticulturalcrops. Area under fresh fruits accounted to 5885 hectares, dry fruits 7 hectares and
area under vegetables to 8973 hectares. Banana is the main plantation crop. Banana
has been cultivated in 4637 hectares. Mango, Guava, Orange & Lemon are other important fruits. Tapioca is the main vegetable cultivated in 3938 hectares, followed
by onion in 2026 hectares. Yarn, Tomato, Drumstick and Brinjal are the other
important vegetables grown here. Coffee is the another plantation crop grown in 63
hectares.
There is a lot of scope for further development in the cultivation of horticulture
crops, especially fruits & vegetables. It is found that this district has produced87198 M.T. of turmeric during 1999-2000. But it has not been exploited so far
except for food products - masala powder. Other products like Oleoresin,
Cosmetics, Medicines, Dyes etc. based on turmeric has not been exploited.
High Lights
• Turmeric is cultivated in 14533 Hectares followed by Chilies and Tamarind.
•
This district occupies the first position in area and 2nd
place in productivitynext to Coimbatore District in the state under turmeric. The main areas are
1. Total produce of Gingelly is highest in the state.
2. Total produce of Turmeric is highest in the state.
3. Sugarcane yield stands 3 rd place next to Salem & Namakkal Districts
4. Area under tobacco is highest in the state.
5. Onion cultivation occupies 2 nd place in yield & 3rd place in cropped area inTamil Nadu.
6. Horsegram cultivation ranks 3rd place in terms of cropped area in the state.
7. Ragi cultivation ranks 5th place in terms of cropped area in the state.
FLORICULTURE
Erode district is having good prospects for floriculture. Presently floriculture is
done in 1838 Hectares. Marigold and Jasmine are the main flowers.
SERICULTURE
Sericulture plays an important role in employment generation. The sericulture
department trains the farmers in mulberry cultivation and silkworm rearing. It also
extends the technical guidance to the farmers at their farms. Area under mulberry isin the declining trend from 1995-96. It was 1512 Hectares during 1995-96 and it
decreased to 615 Hectares during 1999-2000
The reasons for decline in the area under mulberry are
1. Declining trend of income in mulberry cultivation and silk worm rearing
2. Cost of production increased over the years whereas the price of cocoons notincreased considerably
3. Farmers are switching over to alternate crops like Oil Seeds, Sugarcane dueto comparatively higher returns
Cocoon production in this district is at present 400 tonnes valued Rs469.92 lakhs.There are two Regulated Markets functioning one at Erode and another at
Thalavady for marketing cocoons. However, Farmers are prefering Coimbatore for marketing their cocoons because of better price and good demand. There are 13 silk
reeling units during 1995-96 in this district, and came down to 9 during 1999-2000.
There are 3 silk weaving centres in this district at Sathyamangalam, Anthiyur and
Vellakoil under KVIB. The total production of silk sarees are Rs.57.06 lakhs in
The production details of cocoon and silk yarn is furnished in the following table.
Year Area undermulberry
(in
Hectares)
CocoonProduction
No.of Silk
reeling
units
Production of Silk Yarn
Quantity
(in
tonnes)
Value
(Rs.in
lakhs)
Quantity
(in
tonnes)
Value
(Rs.in
lakhs)
1995-96 1512 760 721.42 13 58.5 702.02
1997-98 742 406 458.66 8 33.2 416.07
1998-99 664 407 467.53 10 32.1 416.15
1999-2000 615 400 469.92 9 31.7 412.15
The area of concentration of mulberry cultivation are Kundadam, Thalavadi, Gobi,Bhavani, Sathy and Anthiyur blocks.
FISHERIES
Erode District is an inland district. Fishing activity in this district is, therefore
restricted to inland fishing only. There are vast sources of inland fishing in this
district. Fish production in this district was 2400 tonnes during 1999-2000. The totalarea suitable for Inland fishing is approximately 9000 Hectares. There is enormous
scope for increasing inland fixing activities which will increase the industrial
activities like fish processing etc. Cauveri river, Bhavani river, Amaravathi river,Bhavani sagar dam, Kodiveri dam are the major source of inland fishing. Besides
these, there are a number of small ponds and tanks in this district which are also
considerably contributing to fishing activities in this district.
Annual fish catch in Erode District for the past 4 years are furnished below.
The district has fairly rich cattle and bovine population. Hence it has a well
developed dairy sector. Dairy farming, sheep rearing, poultry farming are importantsupplementary activities in this district. Poultry farms are dominated in Erode,
Broilers 16,61,036 Meat:29,06,813 kg 4,60,000 8,05,000 kg
Production of milk during 1999-2000 is 716.4 lakh ltrs worth Rs.6376.9 lakhs as per
the Erode District Milk Producers Coop Federaion. Apart from the cooperativesector, milk is procured by the private persons. In poultry, this district is producing21,74,640 eggs per day and 29,06,813 kgs of broiler meat during 1999-2000.
Considering the Cattle, Sheep, Goat population there is a good scope for
development in Dairy Products and tannery sector.
MINERAL RESOURCES
The district cannot boast a great mineral wealth. However, it has a few varied items
of significance. Feldspar of fine quality is found in abundance. Both opaque and
translucent varieties are found in large quantities. Mica also occurs inVairavamangalam near Bhavani and prospecting in recent times have revealed the
presence of Muscovite near Punjai Puliampatti. In a few places in Bhavani and in a
few tracts in Perundurai, Asbestos is found to occur.
Most significant of all deposit in the availability of rich iron ore in Doddacombai
forest in Gobichettipalayam. Iron ore from here is found to be very fine quality
being particularly rich in metal. Traces of Gold also have been found in a few
Major minerals quartz and Feldspar are occuring in this district mainly inKangayam, Dharapuram and Perundurai Taluks. Quarts available here is of goodqual;ity and is used in electronic industry and the Feldspar is consumed by the
ceramic industry.
Minor Minerals
1. Black Granite: Black Granite is occuring in Thalavadi, Mallanguli,Thingalur in Sathyamangalam Taluk and in Bargur and Nerinjipettai areas of
Bhavani Taluk. Black Granite available is medium black in colour with
green background and white spots.
2. Multi Colour Granite: Multi Colour Granites are found in Mallanguli,Alambadi, Sivanmalai areas.
3. Rough Stone: Rough stone for construction are available in all the taluks in particular Roughstone quaries and jalli crushers have been established in