State Forest Research Institute Jabalpur | MPSFRI - Environmental Impact Assessment Cell

Environmental Impact Assessment Cell

This cell is coordinated and facilitated all the activities concerning the environmental impact assessment (EIA) and preparation of environmental management plans (EMPs) for river valley, mining and other developmental projects as and when this task is assigned to the institute by the project proponents for getting environmental clearance (E.C.) under the Environmental Protection Act, 1986 in accordance with the directions issued under the EIA notification of the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC), Govt. of India, in force at that time. The cell is responsible for discharging the following functions:

To take all necessary steps for obtaining the accreditation to the institute to conduct EIA from the National Accreditation Board for Education and Training (NABET) under the Quality Council of India (QCI)
To take all necessary steps for obtaining accreditation to the institute laboratories from the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) under the QCI
To take timely action for periodic renewal of the above-mentioned accreditations.
To actively contact with various potential project proponent agencies and also take necessary action for participation in the tendering process, if required, for obtaining the consultancies for EIA/EMP
To assign the tasks of conducting discipline-specific field investigations required for EIA and preparation of respective chapters of the EMPs to available accredited domain experts.
To outsource this task to accredited outside experts in case of those disciplines for which in-house accredited experts are not available.
To coordinate with and facilitate the appointed experts (in house or outside) and monitor the progress of their work.
To ensure timely submission and presentation of EIA reports/EMPs to the project proponents/State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC) or the District Expert Appraisal Committees (DEACs), as the case may be.
To participate in public hearing meetings organized by the Central or State Pollution Control Boards and make presentation about the EIA/EMP in these meetings.
To take all required steps for obtaining ECs from the State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) or MoEFCC as the case may be.

Institutional Staff

Name	Dr. Jyoti Singh
Designation	Senior Research Officer and Cell In-charge
Qualification	M.Sc. (Botany), M.Phil. (Botany), Ph.D. (Botany)
Experiance	33 years
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Contact No.	9424305561

Name	Vijay Kumar Haldkar
Designation	Dy. Ranger
Qualification	M.Com.
Experiance	37 years
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Contact No.	709479466120

RESEARCH

On-going Projects

Title of the Project	Name of PI	Co-PI	Source of funding	Sanctioned amount (Rs.)	Date of initiation	Due date of completion
Prepatation of phytosociological study of main species in and around upto 5 km the manganese bearing area at Balaghat, M.P.	Dr. Jyoti Singh	Rakesh Jain & Vijay Haldkar	MOIL Limited Balaghar, M.P.	Rs 9,98,188	Aug 2024	Jan. 2025
Baseline data genration work of flora fauna studies for preparation of EIA/EMP report for the three open cast coal mining projects of M/s Northern Coalfields Limited Singrauli M.P.	Dr. Jyoti Singh & Dr Aniruddha Majumder	Vijay Haldkar	CMPDIL Singrauli	Rs. 8,30,560	Aug 2024	Jan. 2025

Completed Projects

Title of the Project	Name of PI	Objectives	Funding Agency	Year of Completion
Environmental Impact Assessment on Flora, Fauna & Socio-economic status of local communities and action to be taken to mitigate impact of Kopra Medium Project at Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary, Sagar District (M.P)	Dr. Jyoti Singh, Dr. Aniruddha Majumdar, Dr Uday Homkar	To suggest mitigation measures for conservation/protection and improvement of flora, fauna, habitats and social status of local communities. To assess the probable impacts of the proposed activities on flora, fauna of the area and their habitat within the 10 km impact zone. To assess the impact of noise, air and water quality due to proposed activities.	Water Resources Department, Sagar, M.P.	2023
Assessment of impact of Doubling of Katni Singrauli Railline Project on flora, fauna and habitats of Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve (M.P.)	Dr. Jyoti Singh, Dr. Aniruddha Majumdar, Dr Uday Homkar	To collect the baseline data on existing flora and fauna and the socio-economicstatusof theareaforthebiodiversity report. To assess the probable impacts of the proposed activities on flora and fauna of thearea andtheirhabitat within the10km impact zone. To assess the impact of noise, air and water quality due to proposed activities, To suggest mitigation measures and animal passage plan for conservation /protection and improvement of flora, fauna, habitats and social status of localcommunities.	IRCON International Limited, Katni	March 2023

Title of the Project

Name of PI

Objectives

Funding Agency

Year of Completion

Environmental Impact Assessment on Flora, Fauna & Socio-economic status of local communities and action to be taken to mitigate impact of Kopra Medium Project at Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary, Sagar District (M.P)

Dr. Jyoti Singh,

Dr. Aniruddha Majumdar,

Dr Uday Homkar

To suggest mitigation measures for conservation/protection and improvement of flora, fauna, habitats and social status of local communities.
To assess the probable impacts of the proposed activities on flora, fauna of the area and their habitat within the 10 km impact zone.
To assess the impact of noise, air and water quality due to proposed activities.

Water Resources Department, Sagar, M.P.

2023

Assessment of impact of Doubling of Katni Singrauli Railline Project on flora, fauna and habitats of Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve (M.P.)

Dr. Jyoti Singh,

Dr. Aniruddha Majumdar,

Dr Uday Homkar

To collect the baseline data on existing flora and fauna and the socio-economicstatusof theareaforthebiodiversity report.
To assess the probable impacts of the proposed activities on flora and fauna of thearea andtheirhabitat within the10km impact zone.
To assess the impact of noise, air and water quality due to proposed activities,
To suggest mitigation measures and animal passage plan for conservation /protection and improvement of flora, fauna, habitats and social status of localcommunities.

IRCON International Limited, Katni

March 2023

List of Equipments in the EIA Lab

S.No.	Equipment Name	Testing Parameter
Water Equipments
1	Do meter	Dissolved oxygen
2	BOD System	Biological oxygen demand
3	BOD incubator	For Bod determination
4	COD Analyzer	Chemical oxygen demand
5	Distillation unit	Distilled water
6	pH meter	pH
7	Multiparameter photometer (HI 83200)	Alkalinity, Amonia, Bromine, Total Chlorine, Fluoride, Aluminium, Free chlorine, Calcium, Chromium, Copper, Cynuric acid, Iodine, Chlorine dioxide, Calcium hardnes, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Nickle, Ozone, pH, Nitrite, Phosphate, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sulphate, Silica, Zinc, Colour of water, Molybednum, Nitrite Dissolved oxygen.
8	Electrical conductivity meter	Electrical conductivity
9	EC, TDS, NaCl, Resistivity, Temperature Meter (HI 98192)	EC, TDS, NaCl, Resistivity, Temperature Meter
10	Turbidity Meter (HI 93102)	Turbidity
Air Equipments
11	Gas Sampler	Carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide
12	Aerocet 830	Particulate matter (PM10, PM2.5, PM4, PM1)
Noise Equipment
13	SLM 100	Sound quality
Other Equipments
14	Hygrometer	Light intensity measurement
15	Thermometer	Room Temperature
16	Electronic balance	Weighing

SERVICES RENDERED

The Institute also renders services fee based on air, water and noise pollution assessment with indoor as well as outdoor lab facilities. EIA laboratories is well equipped with advance equipments and provide physical and chemical analysis of air, water and noise quality analysis.

Charges of Water Analysis, Air and Noise Monitoring of EIA Laboratory (Download pdf)

Contact:
Dr. Jyoti Singh
EIA Cell In-charge
State Forest Research Institute
Polipathar, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh - 482008
Tel: +91-761-2665540
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Environmental Impact Assessment Cell

Environmental Impact Assessment Cell

To take all necessary steps for obtaining the accreditation to the institute to conduct EIA from the National Accreditation Board for Education and Training (NABET) under the Quality Council of India (QCI)

To take all necessary steps for obtaining accreditation to the institute laboratories from the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) under the QCI

To take timely action for periodic renewal of the above-mentioned accreditations.

To actively contact with various potential project proponent agencies and also take necessary action for participation in the tendering process, if required, for obtaining the consultancies for EIA/EMP

To assign the tasks of conducting discipline-specific field investigations required for EIA and preparation of respective chapters of the EMPs to available accredited domain experts.

To outsource this task to accredited outside experts in case of those disciplines for which in-house accredited experts are not available.

To coordinate with and facilitate the appointed experts (in house or outside) and monitor the progress of their work.

To ensure timely submission and presentation of EIA reports/EMPs to the project proponents/State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC) or the District Expert Appraisal Committees (DEACs), as the case may be.

To participate in public hearing meetings organized by the Central or State Pollution Control Boards and make presentation about the EIA/EMP in these meetings.

To take all required steps for obtaining ECs from the State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) or MoEFCC as the case may be.

Institutional Staff

RESEARCH

On-going Projects

Completed Projects

List of Equipments in the EIA Lab

The Institute also renders services fee based on air, water and noise pollution assessment with indoor as well as outdoor lab facilities. EIA laboratories is well equipped with advance equipments and provide physical and chemical analysis of air, water and noise quality analysis.

Charges of Water Analysis, Air and Noise Monitoring of EIA Laboratory (Download pdf)