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Tamil Research Institute<br />

RAPID TECHNO-ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY REPORT FOR<br />

DEVELOPMENT OF COLACHEL PORT AT TAMILNADU<br />

FINAL REPORT<br />

5.4.1.3. Balance<br />

Anticipated<br />

Impact<br />

Increased<br />

opportunities for<br />

direct and<br />

indirect<br />

employment<br />

Mitigation Measures<br />

Construction<br />

Operation<br />

During operations, more skilled and technical manpower<br />

Project developer has proposed to recruit 50%* of<br />

will be required and therefore, the project developer shall<br />

its workforce during construction, based on<br />

endeavour to recruit as much of its work force locally as<br />

availability and skills, locally.<br />

possibly, if skills exist.<br />

Project developer shall require all its contractors and<br />

subcontractors to hire workforce locally. This<br />

NA<br />

requirement shall be included in the contractual<br />

agreements.<br />

Local Hiring and Purchase Plan (LHPP) should be updated<br />

Project developer shall prepare a Local Hiring and<br />

prior to commencement of port operations and it should<br />

Purchase Plan (LHPP). Plan shall include procedures<br />

include measures for increasing local employment in<br />

& practices to maximise opportunities for hiring local<br />

operational phase as well.<br />

workers, allowing access to jobs for the local<br />

Implement skill development locally to improve<br />

population in an organised & fair manner.<br />

employability of local population.<br />

Table 52 <strong>Enayam</strong> Alternative Predicted Project Impacts on Employment Opportunities and Mitigation Measures<br />

5.4.2. Impacts on Livelihood<br />

During the construction phase, the following negative impacts are likely to happen<br />

5.4.2.1. Loss of access to the beaches<br />

Fishermen using the seashore which falls in the shadow area of Phase I will have to restrict access to the pocket<br />

beaches, as this part of the sea coast and beaches will be permanently lost due to reclamation and will be<br />

inaccessible for fishermen. Loss of these beaches during reclamation works will affect many fishermen who are<br />

engaged in shore seine, mussel and lobster collection. Movement of fishing vessels along this coastal stretch will<br />

also be hampered. Fishermen using these beaches shall have to either depend on the nearby fishing harbour or<br />

have to move to other beaches.<br />

5.4.2.2. Loss of fishing ground in the marine area for breakwater, approach channel and exclusion<br />

zone:<br />

Loss of fishing grounds occur for fisher folks using the area between the existing shoreline and up to the<br />

breakwater and the exclusion and impacted fishing grounds in the approach channel. Social survey established<br />

that a large number of fishermen from the villages were actively involved in fishing in the project stretch including<br />

mussel, lobster and shore seine fishing.<br />

Breakwater will be at a distance of roughly 1500 m from the shoreline and its length is around 4 km. Therefore,<br />

marine fishing ground of area of about 600 Ha will be lost during phase I on account of breakwater alone. In<br />

addition to the 600 Ha area fishing ground lost to the breakwater, fishing grounds in the approach may be<br />

affected (due to fishing exclusion zone) although not physically separated from the rest of the sea.<br />

The fishing ground present in the project stretch enclosed by the breakwater, where at present, fish catching<br />

activities for lobster, mussel collection and shore seine will be stopped. Fishing population, at<br />

present dependent on this patch of sea will lose their fishing ground and have to shift to some other part of coast<br />

and fishing ground in the sea beyond the port area. This might not be feasible for some people and will result in<br />

the loss of their livelihood. In addition to the active port area, the fishing activity will be hampered in the wide<br />

stretch of approach channel approx. 1.5 km away from the coast line. Because of this approach channel the „to<br />

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