Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project

Land Area (ha)450.00400.00350.00300.00250.00200.00150.00100.0050.000.00RTW App. Road BEF RS CYMawaJanjiraMB(Charland)Mawa 114.72 30.80 44.53 29.42 81.00Janjira 394.03 145.29 75.08 38.40 78.00 190Project ComponentsFigure 7-1: Land loss for various project componentsNumbers of HHs800070006000500040003000200010000MawaJanjiraAgriculture LandInd. Impacts (wageearners)ResidentialRes cum CommCommercialPhy. Cul. Res.OthersCensus TypeFigure 7-2: Distribution of census by type affected due to land acquisition7.2.1.2 Loss of Aquatic Habitats7. The project will have major impacts on the habitats of aquatic life, some of them are temporary innature and some of them are permanent. The habitats are categorized as Padma River, floodplains,and ponds. Soft sediment will be lost due to the footprints of RTW (main and temporary for CY1) andwill be replaced by hard substrate during construction. The river protection works will provide morephysically stable habitats in the river and its floodplain. It is estimated that the project will affect about1,267 ha of aquatic habitat, in which 485 ha is in Padma river (dredging access/transit channel forbarge/crane movement for main bridge pier locations close to Charland, temporary disturbance duringthe construction period) due to the footprints of RTW and temporary RTW construction for Mawaconstruction yard, about 767 ha of floodplains, and 12 ha of ponds (Figure 7-3). Both floodplains andponds are permanent loss of aquatic habitats.7-3