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Title: | Environmental impact assessment the road development at HDH. Hanimadhooo |
Authors: | Water Solutions |
Keywords: | policy, legal and administrative framework Project description Methodology Existing environment Status of fish abundance Analysis of alternatives Stakeholder consultation and socio economic impact Environmental impacts and mitigation |
Issue Date: | Jul-2013 |
Citation: | Water Solutions. (2013). Environmental impact assessment the road development at HDH. Hanimadhooo. Male': Maldives |
Abstract: | This report discusses the findings of an environmental impact study undertaken by Water Solutions
Pvt. Ltd. at the request of Maldives Road Development Cooperation. This EIA report covers road
development project at Hanimadhoo, Haa Dhaalu Atoll. This project would undertake road
development at 23 roads of Hanimadhoo. The total length of the roads that would be developed
would be 8.5 km.
Hanimadhoo is one of the islands in a group of islands that the Government has selected to
undertake the road development project implemented by Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure.
Road development project is implemented at islands where there is a huge demand for residential
and commercial land. The proposed project would help to improve the living condition of the island
and facilitate the focus island development at the selected island.
Environmental and socioeconomic impacts of the project were assessed as part of this study. The
road developed and associated work of the project would have significant visible impacts on the
island of Hanimadhoo. The impacts of the project result mainly from levelling of the roads that is
planned for development as part of the project. As part of the levelling work, the surface layer of the
road would be scraped out. The sand that is removed from the levelling work would be used as
backfilling materials of the roads that needs additional sand as backfill. Additional material would be
borrowed from western side of the island for backfilling work. The implementation of the project
and paving the road surface would have socio-economic benefits to the northern region of the
Maldives. The socio-economic benefits outweigh the negative impacts of the project on the physical
environment of the Hanimadhoo.
Mitigation measures for these anticipated impacts have been identified and outlined in detail,
including measures for minimizing negative effects of the management of waste. These mitigation
measures will have to be followed in order to minimize environmental damage. The details of the
project have been established based on the landuse plan that had been developed for Hanimadhoo.
Alternative designs and technologies have been investigated for the different components of the
project. However, the present project design seems to be a feasible option in terms of costs,
durability and safety.
An environmental management plan with environmental monitoring has been developed including
the most important elements that require regular checks. This monitoring component need to adhere
to and would allow assessing the changes due to the road development project.
Although the project involves inevitable negative environmental impacts, such impacts are predicted
to be not severe as not to undertake the project in accordance with the landuse plan developed for the
island. The project is justifiable in light of the socio-economic conditions and anticipated benefits
resulting from the project, which seem to outweigh the negative environmental impacts. |
URI: | http://saruna.mnu.edu.mv/jspui/handle/123456789/4053 |
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