1. OILPALM DEVELOPMENT IN TAMILNADU INTERFACE MEET-29.4.09 PERAMBALUR(ARIYALUR)DISTRICT

8. 2. Reason for loss of Area : a) Previous drought. b) Negligence by growers. c) drought-prone area. d) Mis Management e) Bore failure. 3. Current Status of Oil palm: 1. Awareness among growers slowly developing. 2. Irrigated area given thrust replacing sugarcane. 4. Constraints faced on area expansion: 1) Birds damage. 2) Erratic power failure. 3) Long gestation period. 4) Perennial crop. 5) Water availability.

9. PROFORMA – II B. Proposal for taking up oilpalm cultivation in new area : No un tapped area left Name of the State : Tamil Nadu Name of the District : Perambalur (Ariyalur) Name of the Taluk/Mandal: 1. General Information Parameter Details Geographical setting of the area The district lies in the Southern plateau & hill zone of Agro- climate regional planning with characteristics of semi arid climate. GEOCODE North latitude : 10 53' to 11 31' East longitude : 78 38' to 79 31' Land use pattern Soil types encountered The soil is predominantly red loamy and black soil. Climate Semi arid climate Rainfall pattern (as per proforma givenbelow) The normal rainfall of the district is 908 mm. Which is less than 946.9 mm. The normal rainfall of the State. The receipt during northeast monsoon, southwest monsoon are remaining winter & hot weather period account for 52%, 34% & 14% of annual rainfall respectively. P.T.O.

10. Cond.. Temperature (As per proforma givenbelow) Enclosed. Irrigation sources Whether irrigation is through canals, rivers, borewells, open wells, etc) Cauvery is the major river flowing in the region and the district has a canal system covering just 47 kms. Stretch and ayacut of 7900 ha. The Ground Water resource through tubewells and wells contribute nearly 68% of irrigated area command. Details of irrigation sources (area under each source) Enclosed. Cropping pattern The major crops grown in the district are paddy, groundnut, sugarcane and millets, cashew is the major plantation crop.

11. 2. Climate Details (10 years average Rainfall from 1997-2008) Month Average Rainfall (mm) No. of rainy days Temperature (C) Relative Humidity (%) Min. Max. January 16 1 26 32 62 February 12 2 25 31 70 March 12 1 27 32 73 April 24 3 28 35 60 May 55 3 32 40 59 June 42 5 31 33 71 July 48 7 30 35 73 August 95 6 29 32 77 September 172 11 28 31 81 October 223 13 26 30 83 November 80 9 25 30 84 December 80 5 24 29 85 Total 908 66 27.5 32.5 73.4

12. Sl. No. Block WELLS Tube Wells. Filterpoint Tube wells. Bore Wells Open Wells Nos. Irrigated area Nos. Irrigated area Nos. Irrigated area Nos. Irrigated area 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 Perambalur 0 0 0 0 0 0 9066 5889 2 Veppanthattai 184 138 0 0 0 0 12524 9530 3 Ariyalur 483 1907 182 212 0 0 24571 669 4 Thirumanur 2698 7888 0 0 0 0 1741 730 5 Veppur 995 1340 1576 2605 0 0 4806 1643 6 Alathur 0 0 722 495 6 14 8032 5484 7 Jeyamkondam 462 1291 0 0 0 0 1196 332 8 T. Palur 856 2150 0 0 0 0 1193 122 9 Andimadam. 429 1616 0 0 0 0 2020 860 10 Senthurai. 1082 2646 178 460 0 0 1541 500 Total 7189 18976 2658 3772 6 14 44690 25759

13. Sl.No. Block LAKES. Canals. Irrigation area more than 50 Hec. Irrigation area less than 50 Hec. Nos. Water area Irrigated area Nos. Water area Irrigated area Nos. Length in km. Irrigatied area. 1 Perambalur 12 0 1168 8 0 382 0 0 0 2 Veppanthattai 17 0 1700 84 0 1962 0 0 0 3 Ariyalur 8 0 500 169 0 2770 1 3 765 4 Thirumanur 5 0 210 54 0 660 2 31 8783 5 Veppur 11 0 2476 46 0 567 0 0 0 6 Alathur 11 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Jeyamkondam 5 0 733 114 0 1253 1 0 331 8 T. Palur 5 0 94 110 0 132 1 0 1885 9 Andimadam. 1 0 27 22 0 83 0 0 0 10 Senthurai. 9 0 120 42 0 130 0 0 0 Total 84 0 7123 649 0 7939 5 34 11764

16. District : Perambalur. Block : Veppanthattai. Part 3 CROP WISE AREA DETAILS. Sl. No. Crop Details Current Fasli This Year Last fasli 1. Palm Oil 40 20.8