Draft Environmental Impact Assessment Report - Meghalaya State ...

CONTENTSSl.No. Description Page No.LIST OF ACRONYMSEXECUTIVE SUMMARYA1Es-i to Es-xii1. INTRODUCTION 1-1 to 1-41.1 General 1-11.2 Project Background 1-31.3 Objectives of the Study 1-31.4 Structure of the Report 1-3 to 1-42. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT 2-1 to 2-42.1 Location 2-12.2 Salient Features 2-12.3 Road Condition 2-32.4 Right-of-Way 2-32.5 improvement proposal 2-3 to 2-43. DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT 3-1 to 3-183.1 General 3-13.2 Physical Resources 3-13.3 Ecological Resources 3-163.4 Areas of Concern 3-173.5 Road Safety 3-173.6 Hot Spots / Sensitive Locations 3-184. POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND MITIGATIONMEASURES4-1 to 4-234.1 General 4-14.2 Impact on Environmental Resources 4-14.3 Impact on Human Use Values 4-134.4 Impact on Ecological Resources 4-134.5 People’s Concerns on Environmental Issues 4-144.6 Evaluation of Impact 4-144.7 Mitigation Measures 4-174.8 Environmental Enhancement Measures 4-214.9 Cost and Budget 4-22 to 4-235 ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATTIVES 5-1 to 5- 85.1 General 5-15.2 “With” And “Without” Project Scenario 5-15.3 Evaluation of Impacts with and without project 5-1 to 5-86 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAMME 6-1 to 6-136.1 Monitoring Programme Objective 6-1i