Along River Ganga
Impact assessment of coal transportation through barges along the National Waterway No.1 (Sagar to Farakka) along River Ganga Project Report ICAR-CENTRAL INLAND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE (INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH) BARRACKPORE, KOLKATA 700120, WEST BENGAL Impact assessment of coal transportation through barges along the National Waterway No.1 (Sagar to Farakka) along River Ganga Project Report Submitted to Inland Waterways Authority of India (Ministry of Shipping, Govt. of India) A 13, Sector 1, Noida 201301, Uttar Pradesh ICAR – Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute (Indian Council of Agricultural Research) Barrackpore, Kolkata – 700120, West Bengal Study Team Scientists from ICAR-CIFRI, Barrackpore Dr. B. K. Das, Director & Principal Investigator Dr. S. Samanta, Principal Scientist & Nodal Officer Dr. V. R. Suresh, Principal Scientist & Head, REF Division Dr. A. K. Sahoo, Scientist Dr. A. Pandit, Principal Scientist Dr. R. K. Manna, Senior Scientist Dr. Mrs. S. Das Sarkar, Scientist Ms. A. Ekka, Scientist Dr. B. P. Mohanty, Principal Scientist & Head, FREM Division Sri Roshith C. M., Scientist Dr. Rohan Kumar Raman, Scientist Technical personnel from ICAR-CIFRI, Barrackpore Mrs. A. Sengupta, Senior Technical Officer Sri A. Roy Chowdhury, Technical Officer Cover design Sri Sujit Choudhury Response to the Query Points of Expert Appraisal Committee POINT NO. 1. Long term, and a minimum period of one year continuous study shall be conducted on the impacts of varying traffic loads on aquatic flora and fauna with particular reference to species composition of different communities, abundance of selective species of indicator value, species richness and diversity and productivity Answered in page no. 7 – 12 (methodology) and 31 – 71 (results) of the report POINT NO.2.
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