Developmental initiatives are liable to have significant environmental impacts and these in turn impinge on ecological and biological attributes. The most important step in environmental impact assessment procedure is therefore the impact identification. This involves measurement of some select attributes or characteristics for which we can actually collect data, perform analysis and estimate future conditions with and without the project. The preceding chapter is a compilation of baseline information on select resources/attributes that determine the environmental setting of the HBJ pipeline upgradation project area. This baseline information has been used here to determine environmental impacts of the proposed development.

Project induced effects can act directly upon a resource or an environmental condition and can result in direct or primary impacts, or impacts can result from effects on other attributes which in turn affect the attributes being studied and can be considered as secondary impacts. An attempt has been made to identify the project related impacts on different components of the biological environment of the project area. The significance of such impacts have also been determined based on uniqueness and fragility of habitat types, status of animal/plant species likely to be impacted, as well as duration, reversibility and areal extent of the change associated with the project activity .

• The Proposed Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary
   

• National Chambal Sanctuary
   

• Ramsagar Lake
   

• Existing Hbj Pipeline Area