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Rapid EIA Studies of 3 Pre-identified Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites in NCT - Delhi
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Attribute
Population within 500
meters
Distance to nearest
drinking water well
Use of site by nearby
residents
Distance to nearest
off site building
Attribute
Measurement
Table 5.9: Evaluation of Site-IV: Old Bawana Site
Sensitivity
Index *
Weightage
Attribute
Score
Remark
Receptor Related
There is a CRPF
campus within 500 m
from the site whose
population has been
estimated to be around
100. The nearest
village Bawana, Sanoth
are more than 1 Km
100 0.25 80 20away.
The nearest drinking
water well is located
within the CRPF
< 1000m 0.875 60 52.5campus.
occasional 0.25 50
Site is used for grazing
of animals and part of it
used by villagers for
12.5farming
The nearrest of site
building is that of a
within 1000m 0.75 40 30CRPF campus.
Presence of major
transportation route Road 0.5 30 15
Land use/zoning Protected Forest
0.75 30
As per Conservator of
Forest, West Division,
the site is under
protected Forest area
though there have
been successful
plantations by the
forest officials in that
area. Also part of the
22.5area is salt effected.
Critical environments Preserved area
A herd of small deer
0.75 30
like animals called
Rodh and neelghai
were observed by local
22.5inhabitants in the site
Subtotal 320 175
Pathway Related
Distance to nearest
surface water
Western Yamuna canal
approx. 500 m from the
< 500m 0.75 55 41.25proposed site.
Depth to ground
water
< 5 m 1 45
There is availability of
fresh water in this zone
due to groundwater
recharge by western
Yamuna canal. The
groundwater ia
available at a depth
45between 0 to 4.5 m bgl.
Environment Division, National Productivity Council, New Delhi
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