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Staff is not so rich with minerals. Basically it is limestones, magnesite, ilmenit, plaster. On the basis of limestones in staff large manufacture of cement has grown.

In area Nejveli lie down lignity. On their base the large thermal power station there is in the sixties constructed. It is created under the Soviet project, equipped by the Soviet equipment. Its capacity exceeds 600 thousand watt. Its special value for staff that it rather facilitates position in droughty months when because of a lack of water of hydrostation reduce or at all stop electric power manufacture.

In general an electric power lack-one of the main obstacles for the further industrial development of Tamil Nadu. By 1979 the established capacities of power stations has reached here only 2,7 million watt. Position will improve with building end in Kalpakkame near Madras the fourth in India an atomic power station capacity of 470 thousand watt a little.

The textile industry is Most developed in Tamil Nadu. At 260 factories about 40 percent of all workers of staff here are occupied. The largest centre of textile manufacture - Coimbatore, the second-large city of staff which name the Indian Manchester. But besides working weaving mills in Tamil Nadu, as well as in the country in whole, in weaver's manufacture the large quantity of handicraftsmen is occupied. About working conditions and a life of these people, and not only tamilov as destiny at all weavers of India the general, it would be desirable to tell especially.

In the beginning of 1978 in Madras the Vsein-Dijsky exhibition-fair of manual weaving was spent. On the huge area near fort Sent-Dzhordzh was stretched small town of colourful pavilions from all states of the country. Having appeared in any pavilion, you got to the fantastic world of beauty as if someone a magic wand touch has lighted a rainbow. Fruits of work and talent of the Indian weavers should amaze imagination.