Environmental impact assessment study is important in nowadays because it leads to sustainable development and helps the decision makers whether to precede the project or not. In this project environmental impact assessment study is carried for the proposed sugar industry of 5000 tons of canes per day. The total cost of this project is 300 crores. The proposed sugar industry is located in Kozhundirampattu village in the Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu. An area of 10 km radius around the proposed project site is taken as study area and assessment is made. As per ministry of environment and forest notification released on 14th September, 2006 this project comes under category B and hence it needs environmental clearance from State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority of Tamil Nadu. All the preventive measures are taken in order to protect the environment.
Key words: Byproduct of sugarcane, Land pattern, soil characteristics, water environment, Air environment, Noise environment, ambient level, ecological studies and management plans.
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