proposed integrated complex for delhi judicial academy

Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment (REIA) Study for Proposed Integrated Complex for Delhi Judicial Academy,
National Law School, and National Institute for Mediation & Conciliation at Dwarka, New Delhi
The environmental impacts in this section have, as such, been discussed separately for the
construction phase and the operation stages of the proposed project.
The environmental impact assessment approach used to evaluate the proposed project comprises of
three sequential elements. These are impacts identification, prediction and evaluation.
The first step of the impact assessment process involves identifying the key issues associated with
the construction and operation phases of the project. Issues and concerns of the proposed project
are scoped based on the knowledge and experience with respect to environmental setting and
project elements. Accordingly, the existing environmental system is described and the components
of the project are determined.
This step involves identification of the environmental modification that may be significant,
forecasting of the quality and spatial dimension of change in the environment identified and
estimation of the probability that the impact will occur.
This step involve determination of the incidence of benefit to user groups and population affected
by the project, specification and comparison of effects between various alternatives, and assessment
of the likely effect of the project on the environmental, economical and social components
indicating the nature of effects.
5.2 Impacts on Ambient Air Environment
The potential ambient air quality impacts arising from the proposed project would occur mainly
during project construction phase. Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM) and Respirable Particulate
Matter (RPM) would be the predominant pollutant generated from construction activities. The
gaseous emissions such as SO 2 , NOx and CO would be generated from the construction equipments
and vehicles. During operation phase, DG sets would be the only point source of emission.
The ambient air quality monitoring results show that the SPM and RPM concentrations at most of
the locations within the core zone of the proposed project site are close to the norms prescribed for
the residential areas. However, appropriate mitigation measures would still be employed during the
construction stage to reduce any incremental rise in pollution level to an acceptable limit.
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