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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 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.

Rs.20 lakhs per acre expected. negotiable.

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CHAPTER II

AGRICULTURE - INDUSTRY INTERFACE

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

Bhavani Project & Parmbikulam Aliyar Project areas.

Land Utilisation Pattern in the District

(Area in Hectares)

Classification 1993-94 1999-2000 % to total Deviation



HectaresHectares

area

(in1999-2000)

%

Geographical area 816191 816191 X X

Forest 228762 228750 28.03 -0.01

Barren & Uncultivableland 7501 7246 0.89 -3.40

Land put to non-agri. Use 72839 74910 9.18 2.84

Cultivable waste 521 668 0.08 28.21

Permanent pastures and

Other Grazing lands420 192 0.02 -54.28

Land under Miscellaneous

Tree crops and groves

(not

Included in Net AreaSown)

1026 830 0.10 -19.10

Current fallow 136308 131500 16.11 -3.53

Other fallow land 41141 62843 7.70 52.75

Net area sown 327667 309252 37.89 -5.62

Area sown more thanonce

41266 47255 X X

Gross cropped area 368933 356507 X X

Source: “G” Return, Erode District

Cropping intensity (99-2000) : 1.15Cultivable area : 61.70%



Irrigation

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.

AREA UNDER DIFFERENT PRODUCT GROUPS

MAJOR PRODUCT

GROUP

1999-2000 1990-91

AREA IN

HECTARES

% TO GROSS

CROPPED

AREA

AREA IN

HECTARES

% TO

GROSS

CROPPED

AREA

F00D CROP

1. Cereals90405 25.36 119253 33.63

2. Pulses 31498 8.84 30940 8.72

3. Condiments &Spices

16018 4.49 4829 1.36

4. Sugarcane 30959 8.68 15767 4.46

5. Fruits &

Vegetables14865 4.17 6339 1.79

Total 183745 51.54 177201 49.96

NON FOOD 94018 26.37 81505 22.98



CROP

1. Oil Seeds

2. Other Non food

crop78744 22.09 96002 27.06

Total 172762 48.46 177507 50.04

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

12,452 Hectares.



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

Modakurichi, Kodumudi, Gobi, T.N.Palayam, Perundurai, Sathy blocks.

• Banana has been cultivated in 4637 Hectares followed by Mango.

• Tapioca has been cultivated in 3938 Hectares.

• Onion has been cultivated in 2026 Hectares in this district which occupied 3



rd place in cropped area and 2nd place in productivity next to Coimbatore

District.

Area and yield of select crop in Erode District During the year 1999-2000

Name of crop Normalarea

in Erode

Dt.

Area underthe

crop during

1999-

2000 (in

Hectares)

TotalProduction

During 1999-

2000

(in Tonnes)

Yield perHectare

during 1999-

2000

(in Tonnes)

Erode Erode Erode

Rice(Paddy) 60,000 64,475 3,11,865 4.837

Jowar 13,000 12,423 13,665 1.100

Maize 3,000 5,283 12,150 2.300

Redgram 1,700 2,913 2,913 1.000

Greengram 4,300 8,448 5,069 0.600

Blackgram 1,800 6,940 4,164 0.600

Bengalgram -- -- -- --

Horsegram 6,700 9,806 3,432 0.350

Groundnut 65,000 61,071 1,20,309 1.970

Gingelly 18,000 29,914 24,409 0.816

Sugarcane 24,500 23,853 2,93,800 126

Tobacco 5,200 3,797 6,075 1.600

Tapioca 4,600 3,938 9,845 47.900

Chillies 1,360 1,200 3,000 2.500

Tamarind 250 152 152 6.000

Onion 3,000 2,026 20,260 10.000

Cotton (inBales

of 170

Kg/lint)

10,700 9,074 27,675 3.050

Turmeric 9,800 14,533 87,198 6.000

Banana 5,200 4,637 1,15,925 25.000Mango 750 813 4,065 5.000

Grapes -- 3 30 10.000

Tomato 750 522 10,440 20.000

Coconut 11,022 1653Lakh Nuts 15000 Nuts

Ragi 12,000 11,220 16,830 1.500

Cumbu 2,000 1,117 1,731 1.500



High Lights

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



value and providing employment to 44 persons.

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.

ANNUAL FISH CATCH

Year Water area suitable forInland fishing (in

Hectares)

Annual fishcatch

( in tonnes)

1996-97 9000 2290

1997-98 9000 1345

1998-99 9000 2427

1999-2000 9000 2400



ANIMAL HUSBANDARY

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,

Modakurichi, Kodumudi, Perundurai, Uthukuli, Bhavani, Vellakoil, Dharapuram,

Kundadam and Mulanur blocks.

Animal Population in Erode District

Animal Population

as on

31-3-2000

Average

yield per

animal / year

1999-2000

Population

as on

31-3-1996

Average

yield per animal/

year 1996-97

Cattle 6,17,986 (Milk) 1260 Lrs 6,44,743 (Milk) 1218 Lrs

Sheep 3,53,223 --- 5,52,326 ---

Goat 2,40,784 --- 2,98,073 ---

POULTRY

Layers 25,58,400 Egg:2,11,74,640/Day 21,00,000 Egg:13,00,000/Day

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



auriferous views in Gobichettipalayam.

Major Mineral

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

Uthukuli, Kangayam, Ammapettai, Bhavanisagar areas.

4. Sand: Sand deposits are available in Bhavani, Cauveri and Amaravathy

river beds. Sand leases had been granted in Bhavani and Cauveri river beds.

No.of mining & quarrying units in Erode District

Sl.No Taluk No.of

Mining &

Quarrying

units

1 Erode 20

2 Perundurai 57

3 Bhavani 46

4 Gobichettipalayam 27

5 Sathyamangalam 59

6 Kangayam 957 Dharapuram 8

Total 312

Source: Assistant Director, Geology & Mines.

The production details of mineral in Erode District is given in the following table.



DISTRICT : ERODE

MINERAL PRODUCTION IN ERODE DISTRICT

Sl.No

Items Production1995-96

Production1996-97

Production1997-98

Production1998-99

Production1999-2000

Quantity in

M.T.

Quantity in

M.T.

Quantity in

M.T.

Quantity in

M.T.

Quantity in

M.T.

1 Quartz 17530 24760 17280 16260 16168.766

2 Feldspar 4820 8750 6410 3950 6221.40

3 Roughstone 5859 35620 44349 49793 68637.50

4 Sand 7527 21309 13370 35648 29738

5

Black

Granite in

cbm.

1575.804 2163.552 2253.416 2045.866 2476.712

6

Colour

Granite incbm.

243.744 514.826 605.002 531.491 301.402

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