CES Technical Report 126, April 2012 News Citation Contact   PDF     HOME   ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE AND PEOPLE'S LIVELIHOOD ASPECTS IN THE VICINITY OF COAL BASED THERMAL POWER PLANT AT YELLUR PANCHAYAT, UDUPI DISTRICT   Home   Contents Foreword Preface Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 CONTENTS   CONTENTS: Page No.   Foreword 3   Preface 4 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 6 2.0 INTRODUCTION Electricity in Karnataka Electricity in Udupi district Coal-based electricity generation Emissions from coal-based thermal power generation Environmental impact of coal-based power generation Mitigation of Pollutants 22 3.0 OBJECTIVES 38 4.0 STUDY REGION Location – geography, climate, vegetation Demography and livelihood Baseline environmental conditions of the study region Recent developmental activities 38 5.0 MATERIALS AND METHODS Field sampling and analyses Land use land cover analysis Socioeconomic survey 46 6.0 RESULTS & DISCUSSION Observations during field visits Land use and land cover Analysis Field sampling and analyses Socioeconomic survey – Impact of the TPP on land, water, air, crops, livestock, biodiversity and human health 51 7.0 MITIGATION MEASURES 91 8.0 Annexures Fly ash and its impacts Survey Questionnaire Proceedings of the expert committee meeting constituted for Udupi Power Corporation  Ltd. (26th September 2011) Letter to the Chief Minister of Karnataka, from Dr. Y B Ramakrishna TVR’s email to DC dated 19th Dec and 20th Dec 2011 Public hearing excerpts Letter from IMA regarding Health Issues Media reports on the contamination Amended Environmental Clearance and applicable environmental norms for non-compliance of norms and polluting the environment   KSPCB notification dated 9th Dec 2011 giving consent for discharge of effluents.. Compensation to the affected fishermen families – Direction of the Chief Minister of Karnataka based on the proceedings of 23 Feb 2010 meeting Gram Panchayat’s Resolution against conversion of forest and agriculture land for acquisition of forest and agriculture land  for transmission of electricity to Hassan 101         132 140 143 150   160 174   179 Home Page Top Next Page E-mail     |     Sahyadri     |     ENVIS     |     GRASS     |     Energy     |     CES     |     CST     |     CiSTUP     |     IISc     |     E-mail

Citation: Ramachandra TV, Ramakrishna YB, Gautham Krishnadas, Sudarshan P. Bhat, Durga Madhab Mahapatra and Bharath H. Aithal, 2012. Environmental Profile and People's Livelihood Aspects in the Vicinity of Coal Based Thermal Power Plant at Yellur Panchayat, Udupi District., CES Technical Report : 126, Energy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012. doi:http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity/pubs/ces_tr/TR126/index.htm

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