REPLY TO THE LETTER FROM MEMBER SECRETARY, SEIAA TAMIL NADU- SEIAA/TN/F.No 6426/2017 Dt. 24.08.2017 1. Land use classification of the proposed site The land is classified for industrial use and is declared as prohibited place by the Government of Tamil Nadu. Annexure-1. 2. Affidavit furnished in Rs 100/- stamp paper duly signed by the Notary The affidavit is attached as Annexure-2. 3. Layout showing Green belt area of a total of 33 % The same has been attached as Annexure -3. The land use classification is shown in the table below. Area in Area in Total area in Sr.No Land use Parameter sq.m(existing) sq.m(Proposed) sq.m Total extent of site 258986 1 Bulk storage vessels 2434 2907 5341 Sub Total 2 Stores 99.4 3 Car/Cycle shed 75 4 Admin / Canteen 280 5 Security 24 6 Rest Room 20 7 Truck Crew rest room & Toilet 90 Sub Total 588.4 8 LPG Pump /compressor House 90 9 Truck Unloading Bay 420 10 Loading / Unloading fingers 471 11 Filling / empty storage shed 1785 12 Filled storage shed 945 13 Valve change shed 42.5 14 Weigh Bridge 154.56 Electricity sub station / D.G 15 room/4 pole structure 615 Page 1 of 25 Air compressor & Fire water 16 pump house 130 17 Fire water reservoir 800 Sub Total 5453 17 Roads & Drive ways 71026 71026 18 Truck Parking 4000 4000 19 Green belt 2751 85856 88607 20 Remaining vacant area 83970.6 Sub Total 4. Details of CSR activities carried out by the facility Name of the project: Drought Mitigation in Govarnergiri chain of tanks in Ottapidaram Block of Tuticorin District Project period for 2009-2011 Background of the District Thoothukudi District, also known as Tuticorin District is a district in Tamil Nadu state in southern India. As of 2011, the district had a population of 1,750,176 with a sex-ratio of 1,023 females for every 1,000 males. Thoothukudi district is situated in the south-eastern corner of Tamil Nadu. It is bounded on the north by the districts of Tirunelveli, Virudhunagar, and Ramanathapuram, on the east and southeast by the Gulf of Mannar and on the west and southwest by Tirunelveli district. The total area of the district is 4621 km. Paddy, cotton, groundnuts, Jaggery, banana, dry chilly, cholam, cumbu wood charcoal, etc. are their main source of agriculture income. Boond project It was the initiative undertaken by the BPCL-CSR in the year 2005, it was started in the state of Maharashtra and Rajasthan slowly replicated to different states viz. Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand and Karnataka. The Project Drought Mitigation in Governorgiri chain of tanks in Ottapidaram District in Tamil Nadu project commenced on 15th December 2009 with the support of the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd and Oil industry Development Board- Drought Relief Trust (OIDB-DRT). Ottapidaram block is a drought prone block with large number of socially and economically marginalised farmers in tuticorin district. The Governorgiri chain of tanks of Kallar basin Page 2 of 25 has these chain of tanks which is identified as the one warranting attention on priority to ensure adequate income to the farmers and other user even during drought years. Development of Humane Action (DHAN) Foundation, a professional development organisation, was initiated on October 2, 1997. For over a decade, the trust is working with poor communities to improve their quality of life and reduce poverty. Dhan Vayalagam (Tank) Foundation is a tank fed agriculture development programme was a thematic programme of DHAN Foundation for more than a decade towards of reducing rural poverty. Brief about the project (2009-2011): S. Thrust Objectives Number of Project Project achieved No. of No. area beneficiaries targeted structure 1 Water To rehabilitate 450 farmers 5 Tank desalting and 9 tanks the Governargiri having villages bund strengthening chain of tanks extended of work, Reconstruction 158 hectares of surplus course, (5 villages) Desalting of surplus course, Training to farmers and community organise Name of the 9 tanks that were under the project: Ilanthaikulam Vaddakkuavarankadu Thummakundu Pettaikulam Kuyavankulam Sevalkulam Kurukankulam Pudukulam kakarampattikulam Name of the five Villages: Governargiri Vaddakkuavarankadu Panchalangurichi K. Thalavaipuram Agilandapuram Budget approve & Expenditure: Budget approval Funded 1st Outcome Expenditures in the year 2009- by payment in Rs. 2010 (in Rs.) Page 3 of 25 Rs.19 lakhs OIDB 5,00,000 9 tanks were spread in 5 4,11,600 villages: baseline test and need assessment in all the villages, orientation to different key persons in the community including BDO of Ottapidaram Block for getting NOC, 3 men Micro Finance Groups (MFGs) were promoted for sustainability. 5000 One day consultancy on various water management projects of BPCL (Mr. Vasimalai from Dhan Foundation). 2nd payment 5,00,000 Tank desilting and bund 7,69,040 strengthening work 3rd payment 8,63,723 Reconstruction of sluices and 2,19,200 plug rod work SBI interest 13,611 Reconstruction of surplus 2,19,200 course Desalting of surplus course 1,96,640 Training to farmers and 41,760 community organise Administrative cost 1,47,807 Travel and communication 19,583 expenses Total 18,77,334 18,77,334 Budget approval Funded Payment Outcome Expenditures in the year 2010- by (in Rs.) in Rs. 11 20.91 lakhs OIDB 2,22,000 Conjunctive use of water Rs.14,89,000 11,00,000 bodies in Kothali tank based BPCL 1,67,000 watershed in Ottapidaram Block. DHAN Foundation had placed the field workers and collaborated with the community people with the purpose to mobilise, people participation and build a good rapport. The work implemented in the project are desilting of supply channels and link channels in the chain, desilting the tanks and strengthening of bund in vulnerable location, Page 4 of 25 repair/reconstruction sluices for water regulation, repair and reconstruction of surplus weirs and desilting of surplus courses. Through this project, it could built the micro finance groups organised among the families served by the chain of tanks to facilitate timely agricultural inputs and operations without the need for getting loans from highly charge money leaders. The villagers also work together to rehabilitate the construction/tank system before the onset of the monsoon season to facilitate the agriculture more rainwater in the tanks and bunds and to protect the flooding damage. Benefited from the project: Effective and efficient rainwater harvesting achieved in the chain of tank system due to rehabilitation taken up in all the tanks. Tanks farmers associations promoted for conservation of irrigation tanks Improved ground water recharge around the tank cascade area. Productivity increased and thereby the individual income enhancing the cooperation among the members in the vayalagam. The cascade vayalagam get strengthened with negotiating power to get adequate funds from the mainstream institutions for the future maintenance of the tank systems. Credit facilities with lesser interest available to farmers. Page 5 of 25 Project period 2011-12 “Revitalizing the cascade of Nagalaru irrigation tanks of Theni district”. Background of the location Theni District is a district of Tamil Nadu state in South India. The city of Theni is the district headquarters. The district is divided into two natural divisions: The hilly areas are constituted by parts of the three taluks Periyakulam, Uthamapalayam and Andipatti with thick vegetation and perennial streams from the hills on the western side and Cumbum valley which lies in Uthamapalayam taluk. As of 2011, Theni district had a population of 1,245,899 with a sex-ratio of 991 females for every 1,000 males. 90 km away from Madurai Territory office. Earthen bund of small water structures indigenously constructed for storage of water and the areas irrigated by each tank could provide irrigation to 5 ha to 100 ha it varies as per the size of the tanks. As these tanks are connected in chains as tank cascades there is the effect of synergy in water harvesting, surplus of the upper tank collected in lower tank, facilitates higher irrigation efficiency. This tanks are very useful for the farmers and people for their village economy, agriculture, ecology, environment, culture etc. but due to continuous negligence of maintenance, the performance of tank system has become very poort affecting the poor rural community. There should be a sudden action taken to rehabilitate in the process including desilting of link channels, irrigation, techniques of agricultural production enhancement etc. Boond Project As a part of CSR, Rain Water Conservation as one of the thrust core area under the project “BOOND” which is the rain water harvesting method funded by OIDB. During our previous partnership with DHAN Foundation its impacts was not only making water positive to the drought prone areas but also efforts were also made for socio-economic development of the communities by forming Self-Help groups, giving agricultural inputs and encouraging dual crop cultivation, enrolling the students on environment conservation and also forming village water committees. DHAN Foundation Vayalagam Tank Foundation has initiated its water programme with the objectives to reive the tanks and improve the ground water status. With the support from BPCL and OIDB nagaluru rain fed tank cascade, rain water harvesting and recharge the ground water. Page 6 of 25 Brief about the project (2011-12) S. Thrust Objectives Number of Project achieved No. of No. area beneficiaries structure 1 Water To revitalizing the 1736 Desilting and restoring 6 rain fed centuries old cascading households six fed tanks in Nagaluru minor tank system in southern cascade for the purpose irrigation part of the country through of enhancing livelihood tanks of desilting the linked and crop production and Nagalaru channels, repair and freeing villagers of debt cascade improve agriculture cycle.