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Final Feasibility Report Preparation of Feasibility– cum-Preliminary Design for 4/6 Laning of Jetpur-Somnath section of NH 8D, Package No: NHAI/DBFOII/DPR/02 Protected Sites & Monuments VOLUME III: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT There are no significant protected sites or monuments in the immediate vicinity of the project corridor. Within the 10 km offset of the corridor the following monuments are of State level significance. Also the famous Somnath temple is about 500m away from the end point of the project road. The main temple is far from the road. District Taluka Table 4-25: Protected and Conserved Monuments Located in the Project Districts Places of Interest / Religious Importance Distance (in KM) ASI protected Monuments Rajkot Dhoraji Dhoraji Fort 16.7 --- Junagadh Distance (in KM) Junagadh Uparkot 1.21 Ashokan Rock (Edicts) 2.15 Junagadh Girnar Hill Temple 5.59 Baba Pyare, Khapra Kodia caves Junagadh Mahabat Makbara 0.3 --- Junagadh Gir Sanctuary 15.48 --- Junagadh Sakar Bagh Zoo 0.15 --- Junagadh Swaminarayan Mandir 0.12 --- Junagadh Damodar Kund 2.87 --- Manavadar Pipleshwar Mahadev --- Vanthali Step well 0.5 Mangrol --- Jami Masjid 17.09 Mangrol --- Bibi Masjid Mangrol --- Raveli Masjid Veraval Somnath Temple 1 --- Source: Google earth, Census of India handbook and internet. Cultural Properties of Local /Regional Significance There are about 45 religious structures that exist along the project road; most of them are situated within 30 m from the edge of the carriageway. 4-38
5. PUBLIC CONSULTATION Public consultation has been taken up as an integral part of environmental assessment process throughout the project preparation stage of this project. 5.1 INTRODUCTION Public consultation is a continuous two way communication process which involves promoting full public understanding of the project, its benefits, problems and solutions. Public consultation ensures participation of the project beneficiaries in decision making with respect to environment and social aspects. This contributes to the design considerations of the proposed project and is essentially a part of environmental and social assessment process. The process benefits both the project proponent and potentially affected communities. The significance of the Public Consultation process is discussed below: Educates the potentially impacted communities about the proposed course of action, the alternatives to it, the costs and benefits associated. Solicits the views of the potentially affected communities regarding impact on environmental components due to the project and their significance. Allow potentially affected communities to provide input into such matters as project design and selection of mitigation measures before irrevocable decisions are taken. Serves as an important tool for collecting information about the natural, social and cultural environment as certain information are only available through these interactive grass root level discussions. Since the residents have a much better knowledge of their circumstances, environment and living conditions, they sometimes contribute to the identification of new alternatives to the proposed alignment. Provides insight into public acceptance of the project within the Corridor of Impact. Helps in lessening public resistance to change by involving them in decision making. Consultation with community and their involvement at the project planning (screening) stage helped in informing and educating the stakeholders about the proposed action before the finalisation of design. It assisted in identifying the problems associated with the proposed project and the needs and values of the population likely to be impacted by the project. The minutes of the consultations carried out in respective locations is presented in the next section. The consultation process has been summarized in the following Table 5-1. Table 5-1: Details of the Consultations along the project corridor S.No. Date/Venue of Consultation/Participants Issues Raised Remarks 25/11/2008 at Jetpur Bypass in District Rajkot at Land The villagers told that the land 1 Developer Office cum Farm- Naran Bhai K Patel-farmer, Rampariya Suresh-Building Developer, Rajnikanth B required for road development beyond the railway track has Ranparita- Builder, Rupesh Valiji Bhai-Developer, Virji Bhai many structures and thus it 5-1
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