This case study outlines some noteworthy features of the process of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Environmental Management Plant (EMP) of Deendyal (Kandla) Port Trust (DPT) and Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC) lignite mines, Kachchh, Gujarat, India. These key viewpoints incorporate task depiction, options, checking, portrayal of the earth, open cooperation, biophysical impacts, social effects, sway essentialness, total impacts evaluation, observing, and introduction, which are earmarked in annexure in the form of sectors requiring EIA, Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESA), basic guidelines, and environmental laws. The case study reflects the detailed scenario of physical, biological, and socioeconomic profiles of the study areas, which directly or indirectly the environmental as well as ecological characteristics of the proposed project sites. The suggestive steps, recommendations and mitigation measures are also discussed herewith.
Abbreviations
CPCB
Central Pollution Control Board
DG Sets
Diesel Generator Sets
DPT
Deendayal (Kandla) Port Trust
GMB
Gujarat Maritime Board
GPCB
Gujarat Pollution Control Board
GUIDE
Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology
HAP
Hazardous Air Pollutant
OTB
Outer Tuna Buoy
PCB
Polychlorinated Biphenyls
PPE
Personal Protective Equipment
SMS
Safety Management System
VOC
Volatile Organic Compounds
; Kumar, V Vijay; Joshi, Pankaj N