COIMBATORE REGIONAL PLAN -2038 Draft Report VOLUME: 4 COIMBATORE SUB-REGION 2- | P a g e Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ..................................................................................................................2-xi EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................................. 2-xii CHAPTER 1. SITUATING COIMBATORE IN SUB-REGION IN TAMIL NADU ...................... 1 1.1 Area and Population ................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Economy ................................................................................................................................. 1 1.3 Environment ............................................................................................................................ 2 1.4 Connectivity ............................................................................................................................ 2 CHAPTER 2. COIMBATORE SUB-REGION IN COIMBATORE REGION ................................ 3 2.1 Area and Population ................................................................................................................ 3 2.2 Economy ................................................................................................................................. 3 2.3 Environment ............................................................................................................................ 4 2.4 Connectivity ............................................................................................................................ 5 CHAPTER 3. SYNCHRONISING TAMIL NADU VISION TO COIMBATORE .......................... 6 3.1 Role of Coimbatore in Vision ................................................................................................. 6 3.2 Role of Regional Connectivity ................................................................................................ 6 3.3 Vision, Aim and Objective...................................................................................................... 6 CHAPTER 4. REGIONAL PLAN FOR COIMBATORE SUB-REGION...................................... 12 4.1 Resources of the Sub-Region ................................................................................................ 12 4.1.1 Special character of Coimbatore region ........................................................................ 12 4.2 Human Resource and its Development Potential in Coimbatore .......................................... 13 4.2.1 Population Growth ........................................................................................................ 13 4.2.2 Population Distribution in Space .................................................................................. 14 4.2.3 Sex ratio- Special feature of Coimbatore ...................................................................... 16 4.3 Economic Resources ............................................................................................................. 16 4.3.1 Workers and their Growth Pattern ................................................................................ 16 4.3.2 Sectoral Contribution to District Domestic Product: .................................................... 17 4.3.3 Trends in GDDP............................................................................................................ 18 4.3.4 Priority Sector ............................................................................................................... 18 4.3.5 Industries ....................................................................................................................... 18 4.3.6 Commercial Activities .................................................................................................. 20 4.3.7 Tourism ......................................................................................................................... 25 4.3.8 Agriculture .................................................................................................................... 28 4.3.9 Horticulture: Tea/ Plantation/ Flowers .......................................................................... 30 4.3.10 Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development ................................................................. 31 4.4 Physical Resources ................................................................................................................ 32 4.4.1 Natural Resources ......................................................................................................... 32 2-i | P a g e Draft Report 4.4.2 Man-made Resources .................................................................................................... 39 CHAPTER 5. ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................................... 111 5.1 Disaster: Landslides and Forest Fires ................................................................................. 111 5.1.1 Tamil Nadu ................................................................................................................. 111 5.1.2 Coimbatore .................................................................................................................. 111 5.1.3 Drought ....................................................................................................................... 111 5.1.4 Drought Analysis and mitigation ................................................................................ 112 5.1.5 Schemes adopted during drought ................................................................................ 113 5.2 Encroachment on Lakes/ Drainage Basin .......................................................................... 114 5.2.1 Degradation of Wetlands in Noyyal river basin .......................................................... 114 5.3 Biosphere: National Parks & Wildlife Sanctuaries ............................................................ 115 5.3.1 Forest Cover and Types .............................................................................................. 115 5.3.2 Annamalai Forest Reserve- Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary .................................. 116 5.4 Water and Environment ..................................................................................................... 123 5.4.1 Soil Type ..................................................................................................................... 123 5.4.2 Ground Water Scenario ............................................................................................... 124 5.4.3 Pollution Levels in Coimbatore .................................................................................. 126 5.4.4 CEPI (Comprehensive Environment Pollution Index) ................................................ 126 CHAPTER 6. LAND UTILIZATION ........................................................................................... 128 6.1 Dominant Use ..................................................................................................................... 128 6.2 Habitat Area: Built up concentration and Expansion .......................................................... 130 6.3 Land Suitability Analysis for Development ........................................................................ 131 6.4 Eco-sensitive Areas ............................................................................................................. 135 CHAPTER 7. – INSTITUTIONS AND GOVERNANCE ............................................................ 145 7.1 Existing Governance Institutions & their links (Horizontal & Vertical) .................................. 145 7.2 Planning Institutions and their link to Regional & State Level ................................................ 146 7.3 Location of Panchayat/ Block/ Taluka/ Municipal Offices ....................................................... 150 7.4 E-Governance Process .............................................................................................................. 151 7.5 Central, State & District Development Programmes ................................................................ 152 7.6 Existing Planning Process and its Effectiveness ....................................................................... 153 CHAPTER 8. – PROPOSED STRATEGY FOR SUB-REGION ................................................. 157 8.1 Population Projection ................................................................................................................ 157 8.1.1 Natural ......................................................................................................................... 157 8.1.2 Moving Average ......................................................................................................... 157 8.1.3 Declining Fertility Rate ............................................................................................... 158 8.1.4 Induced ........................................................................................................................ 159 8.2 Priority Sectors within the Sub-Region .................................................................................... 160 2-ii | P a g e Draft Report 8.3 Location of Future Economic Activities ............................................................................. 163 8.3.1 Manufacturing Industries ...........................................................................................