We wish to place on record our gratitude for the cooperation and support rendered by several people in the preparation of this report.

Interactions with Shri K. Jagan Mohan Rao, CCF, A.P. Forest Deptt., Shri Linganna, Conservator Forest and Field Director, Nagarjunasagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve., Shri Shiv Shanker Reddy (IFS), Conservator Forests - Social Forestry., Shri S. Kishen Das (DFO), Divisional Forest Officer, Nalgonda., and Shri K. Tulsi Rao, Field Project Officer, Project Tiger, Srisailam, provided the much needed insight into the background of the project and the environmental concerns ensuing from the proposal of locating the power project in the proposed site. We have greatly benefitted from their experience and acknowledge.

Support rendered by Shri M.A. Wahid, Assistant Director (Project Tiger), Achampet, during the reconnaissance is gratefully acknowledged.

Co-operation of Shri M. Pradumna Reddy, Forest Range Officer, Miryalguda range, in providing access to maps and departmental records is highly appreciated.

Shri K.B. Rajendra Prasad, Executive Engineer., Shri K.V. Sharma, Asstt. Executive Engineer, Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Board (APSEB) and Shri Y. Samudrayya, Asstt. Engineer, N.S.R.C. Power House, Nagarjunasagar, have been sources of project related information that has been useful in the assessment of site environment. Their support in the conduct of reconnaissance studies and their cooperation in the arrangement of logistics during the field work is also greatly appreciated.

The report on the remote sensing studies conducted by Indian Resource Information and Management Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (IN-RIMT), Hyderabad, has been a very useful source of preliminary and primary information for WII's scope of work under the consultancy offer of APSEB.

Inputs of Shri B.C. Choudhury, Scientist, WII in apprising the team of ecological features of Nagarjunasagar Tiger Reserve and the project area during the reconnaissance are greatly acknowledged.

We are also grateful to Dr. V.B. Mathur, Scientist, WII for providing useful comments on the draft report.

Satellite imagery used for the cover layout of the report has been made available by Shri P.S. Roy, Head Forest and Ecology Division, IIRS, Dehradun, we are grateful to him.

Services of Shri Narinder Singh Bist, Computer Personnel, EIA Cell, and Shri G. Shanmugam, Computer Section, WII are greatly appreciated in Desk Top Printing and the cartographic work in the report.

Dr. Asha

Faculty In charge, EIA Cell