Contributions of various organisations and individuals have greatly benefitted us in the preparation of this document. We wish to place on record our appreciation and gratitude for all of them.

The co-operation provided during the course of study by the authorities of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL) are gratefully acknowledged. We would like to place on record our special thanks to Shri H.S. Yadav, Chief Manager Const. (Bina), Shri D. Banerjee, Manager Engineering and Shri Prabir K. Roy, Sr. Engineering Officer, BPCL for their unfailing support during the field work for this study.

Several officials of State Forest Department of U.P. and M.P. have provided the much needed information on the ecology of the area en route the proposed pipeline. Shri A.P.S. Chauhan, Conservator Forest, Sagar Division; Shri Y.S.K.V. Seshukumar, D.F.O., Lalitpur; Shri Manoj Kumar Khare, Sub Divisional Forest Officer, Jhansi Forest Division; Shri Mahendra Pratap Singh, Sub Divisional Forest Officer, Orai Forest Division; Shri N.K. Singh, Forest Range Officer, Working Plan Division, Jhansi, are gratefully acknowledged for their valuable co-operation.

Shri Keshav Das and Shri Mahesh Chauhan both officials of the U.P. State Fisheries Department are thankfully acknowledged for providing the information on the fish fauna of different rivers located en route the proposed pipeline alignment.

Dr. R.J. Rao, Lecturer, School of Zoology, Jiwaji University, Gwalior, is gratefully acknowledged for providing the relevant documentation that helped us in compiling the ecological information on the wetland habitats in the study area.

At the Wildlife Institute of India, we thankfully acknowledged Shri B.C. Choudhury and Dr. S.A. Hussain, Scientists, for their helpful suggestions.

Last but not the least, the services of Shri Sreejith Gopalan, ex-Research Personnel; Shri Narinder Singh Bist and Shri Mukesh Kumar Arora, Computer Personnel, EIA Cell and Shri G. Shanmuguam of Computer Section are sincerely acknowledged for Desk Top Printing and cartographic work of this report. The services of Shri Mahesh Ghosh and Md. Ismail are also thankfully acknowledged for the resographic work.

(Dr. Asha)
Faculty Incharge, EIA Cell