GOVT. OF TAMIL NADU DIRECTORATE OF GEOLOGY AND MINIING DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT RAMANATHAPURAM DISTRICT JUNE 2016 DISTRICT SURVEY REPORT RAMANATHAPURAM DISTRICT Contents Chapter Page No. I. Introduction II. Mining in the District-An Overview III. List of Mining Lease with location, area and period of validity IV Details of production of sand or Bajari or miner mineral V. Details of Royalty or Revenue received in last three years VI. Processes of deposition of sediments in the rivers of the district VII. General profile of the District VIII. Land utilisation pattern in the district IX. Physiographic+ of the district X. Rainfall month-wise XI. Geology and Mineral wealth of the district XII. Conclusion I.Introduction With reference to the gazette notification dated 15th January 2016, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the district environment Impact Assessment Authority (DEIAA) and District -Environment Assessment Committee (DEAC) are to be constituted for prior environmental clearance of quarry for minor minerals. The main purpose of preparation of District Survey Report is to identify the mineral resources and mining activities along with other relevant data of district. The DEIAA and DEAC will scrutinize and recommend the prior environmental clearance for minor minerals on the basis of district survey report. The district Survey Report was prepared with the assistance of Geological Survey of India, State Unit: Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, Chennai. In the early 15th Century the present territories of Ramanathapuram district comprising of taluks Tiruvadanai, Paramakudi, Kamuthi, Mudukulathur, Ramanathapuram and Rameswaram were included in Pandiyan Kingdom. For a short period, this area was under the Chola Kings when Rajendra Chola brought it under his territory in 1063 AD. In 1910, Ramanathapuram was formed by clubbing portions from Madurai and Tirunelveli district. During the British period this district was called “Ramnad”. The name continued after independence. Later the district was renamed as Ramanathapuram to be in conformity with the Tamil name for this region. Ramanthapuram District is bounded on the north by Sivaganga District, on the northeast by Pudukkottai District, on the east by the Palk Strait, on the south by the Gulf of Mannar, on the west by Thoothukudi District, and on the northwest by Virudhunagar District. Ramanthapuram District covers an area of 4123 sq.km and falls within the latitude from 09°05' to 09°50' and longitude from 78°10' to 79°27'. It has seven taluks (Ramanathapuram, Tiruvadanai, Rameswaram, Paramakudi, Mudukulathur, Kamuthi and Kadaladi. with total population of 1,353,445 (as per 2011 census). But now one new Taluk named Kilakarai has been formed by clubbing portion of Ramanathapuram and Kadaladi Taluks in the year 2015 and its head quaters in Kilakarai.Total No. of Hamelet villages are 2362. The divisional details of the district is given below: Name of Taluks comprised in Total No. of Total No.of Total No.of the Division the Division firkas Revenue Hamelet Villages villages Ramanathapuram 7 67 529 Ramanathapuram Tiruvadanai 7 98 635 Rameswaram 1 2 31 Paramakudi 6 93 367 Mudukulathur 6 46 207 Paramakudi Kamuthi 5 49 352 Kadaladi 6 45 241 Total 38 400 2362 District map of Ramanathapuram District, Tamil Nadu II. Mining in the District-An Overview The district of Ramanathapuram is not very much rich in mineral resources. Among the known resources, only minor minerals are mostly found. Mineral of Economic importance found in Ramanathapuram district are mainly placer deposits like beach sand carrying garnet and Ilmentite, gypsum, salt, savadu, gravel/laterite, lignite and oil & natural gas. Mining activities based on these minerals are very less. However, numerous rough stone quarries are operational for production of construction material and earth fill (gravel) in Kilaramanadi, Naranapuram, Kilaramanadi, Kalimangundu , Ervadi, Panaikulum and Sudiyur, areas in this district. In addition to above, ‘brick clay’ mining is also active in Kulanthapuri and Karuthanendal areas. ONGC is carrying out pumping of crude oil & natural gas since last one decade in Thrippulani Regunathapuram and Valandharavai areas. GSI has also explored presence of lignite in Vella and Bogalur and Kalari east sector. The Department of Geology and Mining (DGM) is functioning in Ramanathapuram district under the control of District Collector, Ramanathapuram. The DGM is looking after the work of granting leases for minor minerals (savadu, gravel/laterite, brick clay, etc) dimensional stones and rough stones. DGM is also curbing illicit training in the district. III. List of Mining Lease with location, area and period of validity The commodity/item wise details of mining lease in Ramanathapuram district is given below: List of Quarries -Minor Minerals Sl. Mineral Name & Address of Location of lease Lease Area Date of Grant of Period Status No. Lessee (Village, Taluk, (Hects.,) lease (original (Years) Working Post Office, and subsequent / Non- Railway Station, renewals) Working and District 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 Ramanathapuram Taluk 1 Savadu Thiru.S.Nagarajan, Ramanathapuram 14/1B Roc.No.298/G&M. 15.12.201 Working 2/2015 6 S/o.Subramanian, Sathakkonevalasai 0.76.0 Dated: 29.06.2016 to 9/1137D Bharathi Nagar, 14.12.201 Alagankulam Village, 7 Ramanathapuram Taluk and District, 2 Red Soil Thiru.S.P.Saravanapandiya Ramanathapuram 524/2 Roc.No.1729/G&M 06.01.201 Working n .2/2014 7 Sakkarakkottai 1.22.5 S/o.Pandiyan, Dated: 23.08.2016 to 4-454, Thangappapuram, 05.01.201 8 Katurani Village, Ramanathapuram Taluk. 3 Savadu Thiru.M.Kalidoss, Ramanathapuram 258 Roc.No.1013/G&M 19.01.201 Working Karan .2/2013, Dated: 7 S/o.Moorthy, 2.16.5 16.12.2016 to Kadukkavalasai Village, 18.01.201 Ramanathapuram Taluk. 8 Kilakkarai Taluk 1 Red Soil Thiru.M.Nagalingam, Kilakkarai 27/4A Roc.No.1233/G& 19.01.201 Working (0.84.5) M.2/2015, Dated: 7 S/o.Muniyandi, Kuthakkottai 27/4B 10.01.2017 (1.36.5) to 1/775, Bharathi Nagar, 18.01.201 Ramanathapuram Taluk. 8 2 Red Soil Thirumathi.R.Vijaya, Kilakkarai 10/1 Roc.No.1710/ 19.01.201 Working G&M.2/2015, 7 W/o.Ravichandran, Ervadi 1.00.00 Dated: 10.01.2017 to 18, Ilaiyanai, 18.01.201 Appanur Village, 8 Kadaladi Taluk, Ramanathapuram. 3 Red Soil Thiru.Parthimarkalignan, Kilakkarai 48/1 Roc.No.G&M.2/9 30.03.201 Working 67/2015, Dated: 7 S/oAngusamy, Ervadi 2.09.0 21.03.2017 to 1/2D Karukudi , 29.03.201 Vairavanendal Post, 8 Ramamathapuram Taluk Rameswaram Taluk 1 Savadu Thiru.M.Balasubramanian, Rameswaram 143/6 Roc.No.1618/G& 19.01.201 Working M.2/2015. Dated: 7 S/o.Marimuthu, Bamban 0.80.0 10.01.2017 to Center Street, 18.01.201 Thangatchimadam 8 Village, Rameswaram Taluk, Ramanathapuram District. 2 Savadu Thiru.S.Muruganandam, Rameswaram 202 Roc.No.1760/G& 15.03.201 Working M.2/2015, Dated: 7 S/o.Shanmugam, Pamban 1.38.0 15.03.2017 to Sallimalai Road, 14.02.201 Rameswaram 8 Thiruvadanai Taluk 1. Savadu Thiru.Buvaneswaran, Thiruvadanai 199/14A&200 Roc.No.1410/G& 24.03.201 Working /2A M.2/2013, Dated: 7 s/o.Irulandi, Varavani 15.03.2017 0.87.0 to R.S.Mangalam, 23.03.201 8 Thiruvadanai Paramakudi Taluk 1. Gravel Thiru.P.Jeyaprakash, Paramakudi 212/7B, Roc.No.1476/G& 28.02.201 Working 214/2, 218/4, M.2/2015, Dated: 7 S/o.Periya Maruthu Sudiyur 228/4B & 22.02.2017 Pandiyan, 228/5 to 27.02.201 5/315, Sathya moorthy 3.75.5 8 Street, Paramakudi. 2. Gravel Tmt.G.Umarani, Paramakudi 216/1 & Roc.No.1771/G& 05.06.201 Working 217/1A M.2/2015, Dated: 7 to S/o.Gnanasundaram, Sudiyur 05.06.2017 1.11.0 04.12.201 2/253, Parthibanur, 7 Paramakudi Taluk, Ramanathapuram District. V. Details of Royalty or Revenue received in last three years The mineral wise revenue collection for last three years is given below: Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production and Royalty remittance for the period from 2014-2015 Production Royalty Remitted Crude Oil Natural Gas (M3) Crude Oil Natural Gas (MTS) 1 2 3 5 6 04/2014 1145 67260869 9522783 59198060 05/2014 1080 64390693 8884058 55567506 06/2014 1006 59209643 8201916 50551978 07/2014 1056 63413047 8869167 53146517 08/2014 1085 65544967 8811876 55394623 09/2014 996 60331952 7738424 51542267 10/2014 937 57702338 6967698 52243449 11/2014 1043 59699930 6921928 51733120 12/2014 976 51537494 5857422 61582563 01/2015 1086 55843035 5160647 67545375 02/2015 1016 54008590 3688031 65987224 03/2015 844 46193722 3755618 55994939 Total 12270 705136280 84379568 680487621 Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production and Royalty remittance for the period from 2015-2016 Production Royalty Remitted Month Crude Oil Natural Gas (M3) Crude Oil Natural Gas (MTS) 1 2 3 5 6 04/2015 925 51275520 4054549 61954444 05/2015 731 43730597 3443547 49109393 06/2015 803 46176505 4066703 52133664 07/2015 805 47473465 4026637 54527169 08/2015 759 45679446 3288713 52514405 09/2015 664 40455467 2486199 46390686 10/2015 677 41341543 2658619 48450838 11/2015 623 37260497 2424074 36421788 12/2015 438 24948790 1615790 23938689 01/2016 503 25811781 1597552 25190543 02/2016 518 27738143 1359356 27240798 03/2016 563 31776234 1525052 31549142 Total 8009 463667988 32546791 509421559 Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production and Royalty remittance for the period from 2016-2017 Production Royalty Remitted Month Crude Oil Natural Gas (M3) Crude Oil Natural Gas (MTS) 1 2 3 5 6 04/2016 739 42367633 2354430 42675240 05/2016 664 40919746 2266124 32433022 06/2016 534 34498289 2035697 27119183 07/2016 649 33442871 2504196 26380564 08/2016 752 32119154 2819993 25429911 09/2016 830 36355672 3110187 28742844 10/2016 827 36022548 3118522 28381731 11/2016 1039 45342911 4210073 29105630 12/2016 1021 44457685 3864910 28529785 01/2017 1067 46552802 4760600 30271895 02/2017 1028 46589547 4669248 30430949 03/2017 927 42012612 4223427 27536894 Total 10077 480681470 39937407 357037648 IV.