EIA Studies of 3 Pre-Identified Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites in ...

Rapid EIA Studies of 3 Pre-identified Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites in NCT - Delhi
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Site III: Guman Hera Site
Area available: 56 Hectares
Major Negative attributes
(i)
(ii)
The site is located at 30 -40 Km away from major industrial estates which will
increase transportation cost.
Permeability of sub soil is high (4.5 x 10- 4 to 6.3 x 10- 6 cm/sec)
Major Positive attributes
(i)
(iii)
(iv)
Area available is large enough for developing a facility for more than 20 years
The site is far away located from major settlements in the region.
The fresh water is available below 30 - 40 m bgl.
Site IV: Old Bawana Site
Area available: 60 Hectares
Major Negative attributes
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
The site is under protected Forest land. Hence, cannot be considered.
The site is in groundwater recharge zone by western Yamuna canal. Also it
has shallow groundwater table.
The site is within 500m from Bawana - Narela road.
Permeability of the soil is comparatively high ( 5.1 to 32.4 x 10 -7 cm/sec).
Major positive attribute
(i) The site has sufficient land area for developing a landfill facility for more than
20 years (stockpile design has to be adopted because of shallow groundwater table)
Based on the MOEF ranking system and International evaluation criteria, Site III i.e
Guman hera site has been found most suitable and is therefore recommended
for development of landfill facility. The second best site is site II that can be
developed for only 1 year.
However, due to non-consideration of the environmental impacts in the planning
aspects of the sites there may be some existing environmental impacts due to the
process. These environmental impacts will be mitigated through implementation of
proposed Environmental Management Plan and mitigation measures.
Environment Division, National Productivity Council, New Delhi
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