Environmental impact assessment of a 1600 MW thermal power plant project in Karimnagar district of Telangana

  D.V.S. Praneeth,  Arghajeet Saha

With rapid urbanization and population boom in India, the need for power has grown considerably over the past decade. And with more and more power plants being set up, it becomes essential to focus on the power generated but also on the impact it has on the environment. EIA is carried out at a 1600 MW thermal power plant located in the Karimnagar district of Telangana to help us estimate the effect the power station has on natural resources which in turn effects the population near it. The EIA requites the help of air quality models such as AERMOD in addition to other tools and methods. The project has significant impact on the air quality of the region and considerably less on the ground and surface water. The mitigation measures are also stated in addition to it.

Keywords- Impact assessment, Air quality, Groundwater, Surface water

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1604038
Page Number(s) - 229-240
Pubished in - Volume 4 | Issue 4 | November 2016
DOI (Digital Object Identifier) -   
Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  D.V.S. Praneeth,  Arghajeet Saha,   "Environmental impact assessment of a 1600 MW thermal power plant project in Karimnagar district of Telangana", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.4, Issue 4, pp.229-240, November 2016, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1604038.pdf