Enayam Port

Tamil Research Institute
RAPID TECHNO-ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY REPORT FOR
DEVELOPMENT OF COLACHEL PORT AT TAMILNADU
FINAL REPORT
Social impacts can be summarized as follows:
• Impacts on transport networks (roads) due to material transport during construction. Road length and
villages crossed by them are the criteria to asses this impact.
• Impacts on land ownership and displacement of people. The total population that could be affected by the
new port has been estimated for each port location.
• Impacts on fisheries due to construction works, occupation of shoreline and port activities. This impact has
been evaluated by counting the boats that would be relocated by each port.
• Impacts on tourism. A qualitative criteria has been used taking into account the resorts and touristic places
of each location.
• Impacts on coastal planning. The Coastal Zone Management Plan of Tamil Nadu has been used to
evaluate the sensitive areas that could be impacted by the new ports.
Further information regarding description and assessment of impacts is included in Section 4.3 of Initial
Environmental Evaluation (Annexure 5 to this Report).
5.3.3. Impacts evaluation
Impacts evaluation study, evaluation criteria and detailed description of each ones are included Annexure 6. A
brief summary is presented here.
5.3.3.1. Gross impacts evaluation
The following table summarizes the estimated adverse impacts on each alternative.
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