Environmental Impact Assessment-ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN

The main contents of an environmental management plan are:

·   Impact mitigation strategy—mitigation measures to reduce or eliminate adverse impacts and compensation or offset measures for irreversible and residual impacts

·        Enhancement of positive impacts

·        Environmental monitoring

·        Emergency response plan

·        Institutional arrangements

·        Schedule of implementation and costs

Impact Mitigation Strategy:

Mitigation Measures:

·        Adoption of protective measures

·        Selection of alternatives which includes routes, location, technology, scale including no project options

·        Change in engineering design

·        Modification of activities

·        Change in construction procedure/materials

·        Adoption of supplementary programs

Compensation or Offset Measures:

·    Resettlement of affected people with the guiding principles of pre project living conditions

·        Cash compensation

·        Restoration of damages

·        Development of alternative resources to offset loss

·        Replacement of lost resources

·        Replacement of lost production

Enhancement of Positive Impacts:

·        Specific environmental enhancement measures

·        Replacement or up gradation of affected resources

·        Technical support to increase production

·        Training support to effective management of resources and productivity

·        Introducing community management practices