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Draft EIA notification institutionalises 1 season data for baseline -Ishan Kukreti

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Such data is needed for assessing impact of a project on the environment; experts fear Environment Impact Assessment studies will become misleading

Data from only one season can be used to create a baseline for projects under the draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) 2020 unveiled by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) March 12.

Baseline data is needed in EIA reports that predict the impact a project will have on the environment of an area. Experts pointed out that the data for all seasons, thus, will not be taken into account for creating a baseline.

Section 13(2) of the notification says:

    Baseline data shall be collected for one season other than monsoon for EIA report with respect to all projects, other than River Valley projects.

This will lead to less reliable data and projections for pollutants affecting air and water, according to several experts.

The latest draft EIA notification does away with the need to carry out studies covering all seasons in a year, said EAS Sarma, a social activist and former secretary in the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

“This is clearly an ill-advised amendment that will render EIA studies incomplete and misleading,” he said.

The end result of the EIA will mask the full environmental impact of a project.

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