Comprehensive study on the detrimental effects of fossil fuel exploration and pipe laying in deltaic region

International Conference on Civil Engineering and Infrastructural Issues in Emerging Economies 2017

土木建筑工程;经济学

Sandeep Khanna, L.^1 ; Ramnath, K.^1 ; Monica, J.^1 ; Muthu, D.^1 ; Venkatasubramanian, C.^1

School of Civil Engineering, SASTRA University, Thanjavur

613 401, India^1

关键词: Development programs;    Fossil fuel exploration;    Lignite reserves;    Long-term plans;    Oil exploration;    Public sector undertaking;    Thought process;    Water shortages;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/80/1/012052/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/80/1/012052

学科分类：土木及结构工程学

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Thanjavur is the "Granary of South India". As the prosperous capital of Chola kingdom it was praised as "Chola Naadu Sorudaithu" (the land that had abundant food). Now, due to Cauvery water shortage issues, the farmers had to be content with single crop a year. Adding to the woes are urbanization and development programs which lack foresight or long term plans that exploit natural resources without a well-articulated thought process. Presently the net sown area in the deltaic region is about 11.87 lac hectares. In the guise of national interests, there is a pursuit of these regions by agencies- public sector undertakings with vested interests. The oil exploration in Cauvery basin (Narimanam block) by Public Sector Undertakings, estimated lignite reserves of 36000 million tonnes and gas reserves and 104.7 billion cubic metres (CBM Coal Gas Methane), which has placed the deltaic region in the corporate radar. Environmentalists and legislators have also turned a blind eye towards the detrimental aftermaths upon the execution of crude product explorations on our cultivable lands.