No. AGES-P-08 Title of the Project Environmental assessment of Yelkanna River based surface water supply scheme for the KINFRA Small Industries Park at Seethangoli in Kasaragod District, Kerala Name of Funding agency/ KINFRA/Centre for Management Development (CMD), Client Thiruvananthapuram Name of Investigator/ Dr. P.K.K. Nair, Dr. P.K. Shaji and S. Mohankumar Coordinator Associate/collaborating Environmental Resources Research Centre (ERRC), institution, if any Thiruvananthapuram Nature of project R&D/Consultancy/Implementation monitoring/ Quality Audit/EIA/EMP/Resource audit/mapping Area/Location Yelkanna River, a tributary of River Shiriya; Seethangoli in Kasaragod District, Kerala Status Completed (2009) Duration Six Months Date of Initiation May 2009 Date of completion December 2009 Brief description of the The KINFRA Small Industries Park at Seethangoli in project (objectives, Kasaragod District, Kerala proposed to utilize the surface approach and salient flow of Yelkanna River (a tributary of River Shiriya), for findings/recommendations) meeting it’s industrial and domestic water uses. The scheme envisaged to utilize the yield from a watershed area of about 200 sq. km by constructing three check dams/weirs across Yelkanna. A 7.5 km long pipeline proposed from the pump house (proposed on the left bank) to the storage tanks (two tanks with storage capacity of 1.2 million liters and 0.5 million liters respectively proposed within the KINFRA Small Industries Park premises) would constitute the water conductor system. The entire route of the pipeline was planned along the existing PWD road and thus required no land acquisition. Since the flood level of proposed weirs was designed within the normal flood level of the river, the project avoided land submergence and thereby land use alteration. Further, the pump house was planned in the riverine puramboke land on the left bank of the river. The baseline environmental characteristics of the project area and surroundings were analyzed through field surveys and with reference to secondary data gathered from authentic sources. The impacts were assessed with respect to the project components/proposed actions and the baseline environmental features, and suitable mitigation measures were suggested.