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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA SOUTHERN REGION BRIEFING BOOK February, 2012 1 CONTENTS S.No. Subject Page No. Executive summary 4 Introduction: 9 (i) Geological milieu of South India. 9 1. (ii) Mineral resources of South India. 12 (iii) Geology & Mineral Resources of Southern States. 12 2. Organisational structure of the Region: Organogram in Mission – Region Mode. 26 Activity domain of the region: A. Important activities of Southern Region. 27 B. Ongoing projects in Southern Region (F.S.2010-12) 28 C. Introduction to Field Season Programme (F.S.2012-13) 36 D. Brief on the work carried out in SR: 47 (i) Geological Mapping 47 (ii) Specialised Thematic Mapping (STM) 49 (iii) Geochemical Mapping (NGCM). 52 (iv) Geophysical Mapping (GPM) 53 (v) Marine and Coastal Surveys 57 (vi) Mineral Resource Assessment 61 (vii) Geodata/ Geoinformatics 61 (viii) Engineering Geology & Geotechnical Studies 3. (ix) Earthquake Geology 63 (x) Remote Sensing & Aerial Surveys (RSAS) 64 (xi) Photogeology & Remote Sensing (PGRS) 64 (xii) Geoenvironmental studies 64 (xiii) Information Dissemination 65 (xiv) Technical Consultancy Service 67 (xv) Core Library 68 (xvi) Geological Museum / Rock Garden /Geoparks 70 (xvii) Library 72 E. Major Achievements and Milestones 72 F. Significant Mineral Resource Assessment 72 G. Assistance to State Government and other agencies 78 H. Status Maps of the Region (STM , GCM & GPM) 79 4. XI Plan work envisaged for the region 89 5. Financial performance under current plan, state-wise and year wise 89 6. FSP work (FS 2010-12): 89 I. Highlights of the field work. 90 II. Field items in tribal areas. 116 III. Field supervision 117 IV. RCA management 124 7. Laboratory infrastructure, items, output- actual vs norm, AMC, budget etc. 155 8. Geoinformatics 159 9. Training / capacity Building Activities in the Region 166 10. Scientific workshops/Meetings/Seminars/Symposium, Exhibitions etc., organized/ 167 participated 11. HRD, Establishment, Payroll, HRMIS, e-service book etc.(including 173 Statement of Grievance, Vigilance, Right to Information & Legal cases) 12. Vehicles & Transport infrastructure including outsourcing and age of vehicles, 175 vehicles MIS 13. Modernisation 175 14. Drilling Infrastructure 175 15. Outsourcing of routine services (house keeping, security, garden, etc) 175 2 ANNEXURES 1. ANNEXURE – 1A : Major mineral resources estimated in the Southern Region 177 ANNEXURE – 1B: National Mineral Inventory: No. of reports converted as per 2. 179 UNFC compliance. ANNEXURE – 2A : Activity domain pertaining to Mission I & II of the region 3. 197 and achievement during the XI plan period (2007-12). 4. ANNEXURE – 2B: FSP rolling plan for FS 2012-13 & FS 2013-14. 199 5. ANNEXURE – 2C: Shelf of Projects. 207 6. ANNEXURE – 3A : Financial outlay and expenditure during XI plan period 210 ANNEXURE – 3B: Scheme-wise, quarter-wise distribution of approved plan 7. funds and actual expenditure for the years 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 211 & 2011-12. ANNEXURE – 3C: Scheme-wise, month-wise distribution of approved plan 8. 216 funds and actual expenditure for 2010-11 & 2011-12. ANNEXURE – 4: Mission wise pro-rata RCA expenditure in different Projects 9. 220 vis- a- vis targets and achievements. ANNEXURE – 5: Progress & pendency report of chemcial analysis of NGCM 10. 241 samples. ANNEXURE – 6: Data Universe on Region-wise – Mission-wise Status of 11. 244 Pending Progress Reports. 12. ANNEXURE – 7: Status of uploading in GSI portal. 247 13. ANNEXURE – 8: Case studies uploaded in GSI portal. 249 14. ANNEXURE – 9: List of publications brought out in last five years. 252 ANNEXURE – 10: Courses conducted at FTCs along with list of faculty 15. 253 members. ANNEXURE – 11: List of RAC/OAC/Stage Review/SGPB meetings with date 16. 260 and status of uploading of minutes. 17. ANNEXURE – 12: Employment position in the region. 261 18. ANNEXURE – 13: Vehicle position in the region. 262 ANNEXURE – 14: Procurement status of major equipments/ 19. 264 modernization items/machinery proposed for procurement during 2010-12. 20. ANNEXURE – 15A: Status of existing drilling equipments under deployment. 267 ANNEXURE – 15B: Status of drilling and other high end ( Rs.> 1 Crore) 21. 268 equipments to be procured during FY 2010-12. 22. ANNEXURE- 16 : Status of pending legal cases of the region 269 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE BRIEFING BOOK OF SOUTHERN REGION UPTO FEBRUARY, 2012 1) Geological milieu and mineral resources of the South India as well as geology and mineral resources of different constituent states units of GSI, Southern Region, with their reserves are presented in geological context in the introductory chapter. The digitized geological map (generalized) of south India as also the geological and mineral maps of all the State Units - Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka & Goa, Tamil Nadu & Puducherry and Kerala depicting the distribution of various mineral commodities are included in the first chapter. 2) Organizational structure of GSI, Southern Region, in Region – Mission hybrid matrix mode is shown by an updated organogram, as a single page “flow chart” on the last page. 3) Under activity domain, the ongoing projects, as per the FSP: 2010-12 have been enlisted, Mission- wise. 4) FSP proposals for FS 2012-13 have now been zeroed in after due detailed discussion, in a dedicated meeting on 10.12.2011, with the respective Regional Mission Heads on the first drafts they have sent to the respective National Mission Heads as also during RAC held on 15/12/2011 and 03/03/2012. The draft proposals were thoroughly discussed during the meeting with PPM, CHQ held on 28 th & 29 th December, 2011 at Kolkata. 5) Peer Review of FSP 2012-13 : The Annual Programme has been formulated in Project mode with wll defined time line and financial demarcation. Internal Peer Review (IPR) of the annual programme has already been held on 18 th February 2012 at Hyderabad and the FSP has been sent to PSS & PM, CHQ, along with the comments/gradings of IPR for External Peer Review schedule for 5 th & 6th March 2012. An introduction to the Annual Programme programme FS 2012-13 with the list of items proposed to be taken up during the FS 2012-13 (final proposals) have been included in this volume of Briefing Book. 6) Accomplishments of Southern Region along with brief highlights of the work carried out under Mission – I & II upto F.S: 2009-10 have been presented under the activity domain of the region. 7) Status of STM, GCM and GPM showing area covered up to F.S: 2009-10 and the area under investigation during the current F.S: 2010-12 in different SUs have been plotted on the geological maps of the respective states. 8) During F.S. 2010-12, under Mission-I, 8 STM items and 12 GCM items are under execution, in all. One Geomorphological & Lineament Mapping item, 2 items under RSAS, 2 items of GPM, 23 items of Marine and Coastal surveys (24 Cruises) are being carried out during F.S.2010-12. 9) Under Mission II, in all, 29 mineral investigations are being taken up during ongoing field season. Out of these; 6 investigations are for PGE, 8 for gold and 4 for diamond, 2 for limestone, 1 each for iron, molybedenum, chromite, fullerene, 2 for coal and 1 for lignite, besides 2 geophysical investigations sponsored by NLC Limited for understanding the nature of aquifer zones along the Tamil Nadu coast. State-wise break up of investigations taken up for different mineral commodities are given in Table-11. 10) Three mineral investigations, namely, i. Gold exploration in the Velligallu Greenstone Belt, Andhra Pradesh, ii. Gold exploration in Ajjanahalli, Tumkur district, Karnataka and iii. 4 Molybdenum exploration in Vellakkal Block, Harur-Uttangarai Belt, Dharmapuri district Tamil Nadu are under G3 statge, while the rest are under G4 stage. 11) Under Mission-III, 21 items are taken up during the current field season. It includes 8 items of Geodata, Geoinformatics and Map & Cartography and 12 service items pertaining to Geoinformatics, Publication and M & C of Southern Region, HQ as well as State Units. 12) Under Mission-IV, a total of 29 investigations, encompassing geotechnical evaluation and water resource development projects, earthquake geology and landslide investigations, research projects under Petrology and Geophysics items are carried out in Southern Region during the current field season. The work of Engineering Geology Division is spaced round the year and, largely, the programmes are sponsored - being taken up on payment basis. 13) F.S.P. Implementation: All the field investigations have been initiated in time and have progressed well. Prorata targets have been successfully achieved. Item-wise targets and achievements, number of field days spent by the officers, the total and unit expenditure incurred as calculated for every item are given in Annexure-4. 14) Brief Highlights of the work carried out under Mission I & II during F.S.2010-12 (upto January, 2012) have been discussed item-wise under Chapter – 6 (FSP work FS 2010-12). 15) Field Supervision: Annual programme implementation and its effective monitoring is actively pursued by the supervisory officers through regular field visits for necessary technical guidance and to ensure the quality of work. Details of field visit of supervisory officers are tabulated and presented under the Chapter-6, FSP work (FS-2010-12). 16) RCA Management : RCA recoupment & pendency are closely monitored and a relevant statement of RCA details in the prescribed format, including the data inputs of date of application, initial sanction and recoupment received etc is regularly sent to the Director (Finance-Monitoring) in DGCO, New Delhi and to the Dy.Director General (IT), CHQ Kolkata for uploading to GSI Portal. Data as on 6th February, 2012 regarding the status of RCA recoupment and pendency in respect of individual officer is presented in respective tables.