This remains sadly neglected and often adversely affects the poorer sections of the society whenever rehabilitation is involved, also needs to be incorporated to ensure that quality of.life for the affected people do not deteriorate but should improve. This is specially so when the affected population happens to be predominantly tribal or divas.
Basic Contents of an Impact Statement
There are five points that need to be adhered to in an Impact Statement. They are :
- Project description,
- Land use relationships,
- Probable impact of the proposed action on the environment,
- Alternatives to the proposed tactical and
- Probable adverse environmental effects which cannot be avoided.
Project Description
Both the negative and positive impacts the project should be examined/explored in complete detail. In addition, attention must also be directed towards the primary and secondary impacts associated with a proposed action. Primary and secondary impacts are also referred to as direct and indirect consequences. In general,agencies have developed methods and procedure to respond in part to direct impacts both beneficial and adverse.
The major impact of a project in many cases is due to the secondary or tertiary effects and these are quite difficult to assess due to dearth of predictive includes available. In this stage, the following aspects have to be looked into :Purpose of the Project Here one has to see their the project has been set up to increase employment, opportunities or to make some essential commodity e.g. power etc.
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