Plate 1.1 Major stretch of the proposed pipeline route (42.5 km) is aligned within the existing RoW of Naharkotiya-Barauni Crude Oil Pipeline.

Plate 2.1 Major stretch of pipeline passes through a) Tea gardens b) Paddy fields c) Scrub forest.

Plate 2.2 Beels (Bar beel) and river (Dhansiri) are the important wetland habitats along the new pipeline route (12.5).

Plate 2.3 Collecting the field data and eliciting information from residents, are important steps in EIA procedures.

Plate 3.1 Some of the representative species of the aquatic fauna of river Dhansiri.

Plate 3.2 River Dhansiri, a tributary of river Brahmaputra, in which Gangetic dolphins are commonly sighted during monsoon.

Plate 3.3 Floral and faunal diversity of beels attracts large number of waterfowl.

Plate 3.4 Species of turtles (Kachuga tecta and Aspideretes gangeticus) and fish (Catla catla) species observed in Na beel.

Plate 4.1 Habitation and cultivation are common practices within the Row of existing pipeline route.

Plate 4.2 Sand mining and fishing are some of the major activities that impacts upon the wilderness values of wetlands.