The process needs a complete overhaul. At present, EIA is generally done by consultants who apply for tenders. Often in a bid to outdo the other, the consultants bid for very low amounts simply to win the contract. The contract is generally given to the consultant who bids the lowest amount regardless of the level of competency that he may possess.
“The reflected data casts a doubt on the reliability of the ambient air quality data produced in the EIA report,” the Tribunal said. “It appears that the EIA Consultant has taken it in a very casual way.”
Now because they have bid for a lower amount, the consultant has to cut down on costs, so they resort to various practices such as not going for field visits or ground truthing and simply copying reports from other EIA reports. Also because the project developer is the one who will determine whether the consultant will get future contracts, the consultant goes out of his way to please the developer. The developer gets the data he wants. Manipulation to show lower levels of pollutants are practices that are frequently resorted to.
This casual approach of the consultants is the biggest impediment in the EIA reports and needs to be checked. This is perhaps why the resultant remedial actions are of no use.
Certain minimum qualifications should be prescribed for the consultants and those who resort to dubious practices must be penalized and fined.
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DATE 9 AUGUST 2017,
OUR POSITIVE COMMENTS UPLOADED ON PAGE,
Why the EIA Reports are No Good?
By Puskar On February 13, 2012 In Policies & Legislations Tagged Bogus EIA reports, EIA, MoEF Leave a comment ,
POSITIVE COMMENTS BY,
PRAVIN SHETH,,
safety, health & environment expert, an expert EIA reviewer, Gujharat.
ToR ISSUED BY MoEF/SLEAC STRICTLY DEMANDING CONSULTANT'S ACCREDITED CERTIFICATE ISSUED ONLY AND ONLY ISSUED BY QCI /NABET, IN ALL EIA REPORTS, & NO OTHER OFFICIAL ALTERNATE OPTIONS GRANTED IN ToR, , BUT ,FOR
FOR NABET VER 02,
( AUGUST 2011 TO 1 SEPTEMBER 2015) WE HARDLY FIND SUCH ACCREDITED CERTIFICATE, IN EIA REPORTS, HOW SUCH EIA WERE ACCEPTED BY GPCB FOR ENVIRONMENT PUBLIC HEARINGS AND LATER ON MoEF-SLEAC ISSUED ENVIRONMENT CLEARANCE ALSO ,
FOR NABET VER 03,
( POST 1 SEPTEMBER 15,) ALSO,
WE DO NOT FIND NABET ACCREDITED CERTIFICATE IN FEW EIA REPORTS,-
WHY SUCH LOOSE SHUNTING ON IMPORTANT REQUIREMENT OF NABET ACCREDITED CERTIFICATE ONLY AND WHO MoEF-SLEAC AUTHORITY PERMITTED IN WRITING TO GPCB TO ACCEPT SUCH NON CONFORMANCE -
CAN SUCH EIA REPORT ENSURE A SETTING UP OF A ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE PROJECTS IN GUJARAT-?
WHY GPCB HAS TO ISSUE SO MANY CLOSURE NOTICES TO INDUSTRIES IN GUJARAT, ?
CAN ENVIRONMENT MINISTER / CM-GUJARAT LOOK IN TO IT FOR WELL BEING OF ENVIRONMENT STATUS OF GUJARAT.,
WHO MoEF / SLEAC / NABET AUTHORITY CAN TAKE AN APPROPRIATE PANEL,/ LEGAL ACTIONS ON CONSULTANTS / PROPONENTS /STATUTORY BODIES, FOR SUCH NON CONFORMANCE ON MANDATORY ToR REQUIREMENT.
THANKS,