Its to make awareness among the ppl regarding the impacts due that'll be caused because of the CBM- Coal Bed Methane extraction project. Its also to make ppl aware of the economical scenario behind it.

2. SCREENING:
• INDIAN GOVERNMENT’S PLAN: THE DETAILS ON THE LICENSE PROVIDED INORDER TO FULFILL THE
GROWING DEMAND OF FUEL, TO EXTRACT METHANE, TO GREAT EASTERN ENERGY CORPORATION LIMITED
(GEECL) ON 29TH JULY, 2010 IS AS FOLLOWS.
• LANDSCAPE TO EXTRACT METHANE GAS: THIRUVIDAIMARUTHUR, KUMBAKONAM, ORATHANADU,
PAPANASAM TALUK OF THANJAVUR DISTRICT AND KUDAVASAL, VALANGAIMAN, NEEDAMANGALAM,
MANNARKUDI TALUK OF THIRUVARUR DISTRICT.
• TOTAL LANDSCAPE: 691 SQ. KILOMETERS. OUT OF THIS, 24 SQ. KILOMETERS ARE ALLOTTED TO EXTRACT
LIGNITE AND THE REST 667 SQ. KILOMETERS (1,66,210 ACRES) IS FOR METHANE EXTRACTION.

3. SCOPING…
• IF A WELL IS BEING DRILLED FOR EVERY 80 ACRE OF LAND, THEN 2000 WELLS WOULD BE DRILLED.
• IT MAY CONTAIN SALT MORE THAN 5 TIMES AS OF SEA WATER.
• PLAN TO LOOT MINERALS DEMOTING CAUVERY DELTA ADESERT.
• AGRICULTURE AND THE SOCIETY DEPENDENT ON AGRICULTURE WILL BERUINED.
• DISASTER IS NOT ONLY FOR MANNARKUDI, BUT ALSO FOR ENTIRE TAMIL NADU.

4. BASELINE DATA:
• ON 29 JULY 2010 GEECL WON CBM-IV TYPE LICENSE IN A BIDING TO EXPLORE AND EXTRACT CBM IN THE
CAUVERY BASIN FROM THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS.
• THE DMK GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU ISSUED PETROLEUM EXPLORATION LICENSE (PEL) FOR AREA
COVERING 667 KM2.
• THE COMPANY HAS A PLAN TO DRILL50 CRORE PRODUCTION WELLS OF 150-450M DEEP IN THE GROUND
• IN SEPTEMBER 2012 THE UNION MINISTRY FOR ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS(UMOEF) ISSUED
ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE TO THE PROJECT.

5. • AS PER EIA NOTIFICATION 2006 THE PROPOSED EXPLORATION, TESTING OF WELLS AND COMMERCIAL
EXPLOITATIONAT THE MANNARGUDI CBM BLOCK ARE COVERED UNDER CATEGORY 1(B), AND SO GEECL
REQUIRES PRIOR ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE (EC) FROM THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND
FORESTS (MOEF), NEW DELHI
• A TOR PRESENTATION WAS ISSUED ON 24TH MAY 2011.
• COAL BED METHANE IS A NATURAL GAS THAT OCCURS WITHIN THE SEAMS OF UN-MINED COAL BEDS.
• IT IS TYPICALLY CONTAINED WITHIN THE MICRO-PORES OF THE COAL AND IS RETAINED IN PLACE DUE TO
THE PRESSURE CREATED BY THE PRESENCE OF WATER.

6. • THE MANNARGUDI BLOCK (AS DELINEATED BY THE DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF HYDROCARBON) COVERS
AN AREA OF ~691 KM2 WHILE THE EFFECTIVE AREA FOR CBM OPERATIONSIS ~667 KM2 (~66,700
HECTARES), LEAVING ASIDE AN AREA OF ~24 KM2 FOR POSSIBLE LIGNITEMINING IN THE FUTURE.
• PHASE I: DRILLING OF 50 CORE HOLES AND 2 TEST WELLS (COVERING BOTH THE DISTRICTS)
• PHASE II A:DRILLING OF 30 TEST WELLS AND 38 CORE HOLES INTHIRUVARUR DISTRICT.
• USING AIR MEDIA OR USING WATER BASED DRILLING MUD.

7. PUBLIC HEARING DETAILS
• MINUTES OF THE PUBLIC HEARING HELDON 23.01.2012 AT 5.00 P.M. AT CONFERENCE HALL, COLLECTOR
OFFICE, THIRUVARUR.
• NO. OF PUBLIC PARTICIPANTS:109

9. CONSIDER ONLY 1,60,000 ACRES OUT OF THIS:
• INCOME FROM 2160 KG OF PRODUCTION TWICE
A YEAR PER ACRE FOR 30 YEARS: RS. 20,736.00CRORES
• INCOME FROM PRODUCTION OF
PULSES WORTH RS. 9000 PER ACRE FOR 30 YEARS: RS. 4,320.00CRORES
• WOOD TIMBER/FIRE WOOD 2 TONS PER ACRE
@ RS. 2000 PER TON ONCE IN EVERY 5 YEARS: RS. 384.00 CRORES
SUPPOSE THE NUMBER OF COWS DOUBLING IN FIVE YEARS.
• INCOME FROM SELLING THE COWS (760000*4000*6): RS. 1,824.00 CRORES
SUPPOSE THE NUMBER OF GOATS DOUBLING IN TWO YEARS.
• INCOME FROM SELLING THE GOATS (670000*2500*15): RS. 2,512.5 CRORES
• TOTAL LOSS RS. 29,776.5 CRORES

14. ACTION PLAN BY GEECL…
• THE COMPANY HAS RECEIVED THE PERMIT FROM UNION MINISTRY FOR ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS AND
TAMIL NADU POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD AND PRIOR PERMISSION FROM TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT TO
EXECUTE THE CBM PROJECT.
• THE COMPANY HAD ANNOUNCED THAT IT WOULD START THE LATENT WELL DRILLING ACTIVITIES BEFORE
THE END OF 2012. PRELIMINARY WORK ON 12 LATENT WELLS AT THANJAVUR AND 38 LATENT WELLS AT
THIRUVARUR.

15. DETAILS OF LATENT WELLS TO BE SET ON 50 AREAS:
•KUMBAKONAM TALUK: KOTHANGUDI, PERAPPATTI, VANDUVANJERI, THIRUCHERAI, THUKKACHERI,
AAMANGUDI, VITTALUR, KUMARAMANGALAM, NACHIARKOVIL.
•THIRUVIDAIMARUTHUR TALUK: MANJAMALLI, NARASINGAMPETTAI.
•ORATHANADU TALUK: KULAMANGALAM.

16. CONTD…
•KUDAVASAL TALUK: SITHTHADI, KUDAVASAL, MELAIPALAYAM, MALUVACHERI, OGAI, KEEZHAPALAYUR,
KAMUKAKKUDI, PATHTHUR, KORADACHERI, AARPAAR, MANJAKUDI, VADAVER, SELLUR.
•VALANGAIMAN TALUK: SARANATHTHAM, MANIKKAMANGALAM, KOTTAIYUR, ANUMANTHAPURAM,
KEELAVADAMAL, RASENTHIRANALLUR, NAARTHANGUDI, KOYILVENNI, AATHANUR, KANDIYUR.
•NEEDAMANGALAM TALUK: POOVANUR, KEEZHAVANTHACHERI (THANDILAM), ARICHAPURAM,
ANUMANTHAPURAM, ANNAVASAL, KAALACHERI.
• MANNARKUDI TALUK: KARNAVOOR, VADAPAATHI, CHERANKULAM, MANNAKUDI, ARAVATHUR,
SAVALAKKARAN, MOOVARKOTTAI, PARUTHIKKOTTAI, KALANJIMEDU.

17. FALSE PROMISE…
• METHANE WILL INCREASE THE TEMPERATURE OF THE ENVIRONMENT.
• THE COMPANY PROPAGATES THAT BURNING METHANE WILL IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
AND METHANE IS A NON-POLLUTANT FUEL.
• THEREFORE IT FALSELY ADVERTISES THAT COAL-BED METHANE EXTRACTION IS A GREEN-HOUSE PLAN.

18. METHANE EXTRACTION…
• THE PRESSURE FROM GROUND WATER DOES NOT ALLOW THE SPARSELY SPREAD METHANE FROM THE
COAL-BEDS TO ESCAPE.
• TO EXTRACT THE GAS, A STEEL-ENCASED HOLE IS DRILLED INTO THE UNDERGROUND COAL SEAMS AND
DEWATEREDTHROUGH PUMPING.
• THIS REDUCES PRESSURE AND RELEASES TRAPPED GASES UP TO THE WELL HEAD.

19. ADVERSITIES…
• GROUND LEVEL WATERAROUND CAUVERY DELTA WOULDGO BELOW 500 FT AND UNDERGROUND WATER
SOURCES AROUND THE MANNARKUDI AREA WOULD ALSO GO DRY.
• SALT WATER FROM THE BAY OF BENGAL WILL ENTER THE CAUVERY DELTA.
• THE TRANSFORMATION OF THECAUVERY DELTA IN TO A SALT MINE WILL BE THE IMPENDING DISASTER.
• THERE ARE ALSO CHANCES FOR EARTHQUAKE AND SINK HOLES.

21. • ESTIMATING THE VALUE AS RS. 30 PER CUBIC METERS OF GAS: RS. 49,989.00 CRORES
• CONSIDERING ROYALTY AND TAX TO BE PAID TO THE GOVERNMENT
AS 20%, MAXIMUM AMOUNT THE GOVERNMENT COULD GET: RS. 9,997.7 CRORES (-)
• MONEY TO BE PAID TO THE LANDOWNERS: RS. 13300 CRORES(-)
TOTAL PROFIT: RS. 26,989.00CR
(APPROX)