From The Hindu Archives, May 21, 1976: When the mining operations in Neyveli were extended in 1968, the Neyveli Lignite Corporation authorities had to shift and re-lay an orchard with 924 plants like grafted mango, lemon, acid lime, jack, coconut, arecanut and grape most of them procured from the Government Model Orchard-cum-Nursery at Timmapuram in Salem district.