Impact of industrialisation

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Impact of industrialisation mining on Water,
Agriculture, Fishery and Human - an Ecological
Debt debate
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• Study Conducted by Civil Society Partners
• ProcessReconnaissance visit for a fix of study
  location and sampling.
• Prime Focus on Agriculture, Water and Aquatic
  life, human and livelihood issues.

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Fisheries scenario

• Out of 41 species mentioned by community only 29
  are sparsely available
• During over hauling process gill chock and
  depletion of oxygen
• The concentration of lead (Pb) (gt 0.01mg/l)
• Lead concentration will affect the reproductive
  capacity of fish

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Fish life

• Hilsa (economic Important species) is very
  sensitive to pollution
• Though Cd is within permissible limit (lt0.01mg/L)
  but bio magnification of same in the aquatic
  environment?????????? Unable to prove - needs
  expensive tests
• Genetic mutation in human being
• Shifted from inland fishing to non fishery
  related activities

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Drinking water scenario
Fluoride Contamination Water sample tested in
field varies in fluoride contamination from 1.5
mg/l to 5.0 mg/l Permissible limit
(1.0mg/l)? Problem due to fluoride
contamination Weakening of digestive
system Dental and skeletal fluorsis
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Agriculture scenario

• Most of the traditional variety seeds are lost.
• Input cost has increased due to loss of soil
  nutrients
• Cd will affect the seed germination
• Number of heads in paddy plant has reduced by 30
• Pb in soil will reduce the root to shoot growth
  and improper germination of seed

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• Temperature in peak summer rises more than 500 c.
  ( water requirement is more)?
• Rise in temp will affect the soil moisture,
  growth and fertility, pest attack,
• Weed intensity/ diversity - especially growth in
  shrubs
• No lining in the ash pond
• toxicants from ash pond affect the soil profile
• also affect the ground water aquifer in regional
  scale.
• Fly ash deposit on plants closes the stomata pores

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• Wind based deflation of fly ash
• No vegetative growth or compensatory
  afforestation
• Radiation effect
• Vegetative cover can be seen clearly from google
  earth picture of Anugul area (clear white patch
  )?
• Respiratory diseases
• Use of Electro Static Precipitator (ESP) ????

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Compensation

• Compensation for ground water pollution
• Compensation of pollution to soil quality
• Compensation to disease out break - human
• Compensation for livelihood loss - human
• Compensation to entire loss of natural resources
• When? How? And Who?

Industralisation at the expense of making the
poor and the poorest and the rich the richest?
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