India - Kerala Solid Waste Management Project : Environmental Impact Assessment Report for the Scientific Landfill at Ambalamedu, Emakulam District of Kerala

Overview & Synopsis

The development objective of the Kerala Solid Waste Management Project for India is to strengthen the institutional and service delivery systems for solid waste management in Kerala. Some of the negative impacts include: poor air quality; impacts on surface water quality during construction phase; impact on groundwater; noise on construction site results from machinery used for excavation, levelling and from fixed machineries such as compressors, concrete mixers and dumpers; and additional load due to plying of vehicles laden with filling material will reduce the Level of Services to some extent but it is for a filling period of twelve months. Some of the mitigation measures include: water sprinkling will be done for dust suppression to all inactive disturbed surface areas on regular basis especially during dry and windy days; construction wastewater generated from site will be controlled through the drainage system with sediment traps (silting basin/water intercepting ditch) for arresting the silt/sediment load before its disposal; the groundwater will not be extracted for construction work; it will be limited to ambient level; and can controlled by multi sources of filling material and reaching the site via all possible directions.