Thiruvananthapuram: The government finally released a copy of the detailed project report (DPR) from the Silverline project in the public domain, months after installing defense for its release, by quoting that it had been released even by the Information Commission.
The report runs for more than 3,000 pages spread over six volumes, discussing in detail about various aspects of the project.
Apart from all the benefits claimed by the government if the project is implemented, the DPR continues to register several negative impacts of the project on the environment and social side, both during construction and the operational phase.
It is said that the train movement that often will produce certain levels of noise and vibration and can cause sleep disorders and mental instability to living residents adjacent to the proposed alignment.
“In addition, careful attention must be paid noise impact on sensitive receptors (SRS) located near the proposed alignment such as educational institutions, hospitals and religious institutions,” he said.
Having worries, the DPR said that because of changes in land use.
, The impact is considered to the soil during the operation phase.
“Inaccurate post-plantation care and maintenance and logging of illegal plants along the trajectory will compensate for all positive efforts by the project.
The proposed silverline rail that can divide natural habitat in certain landscapes that can affect the range and distribution of the fauna population, the ability to marry, Connectivity between populations, “he said.
However, the DPR said that there was no soil erosion considered when Silverline Rail.
In operation because all the slopes and embankments from the project must be stabilized through sound engineering techniques and there is no impact considered in the flora during the operation phase.
The House of Representatives warned that there would be an impact on aquatic fauna and unintentional toxic chemicals released to find their way into the water body.
“The noise and vibration produced by the Silverline RAIL project can disrupt the fauna including domestic livestock especially at night.
There is a potential direct impact from the Silverline train which is about avifauna because the train will run at a speed of 200 km / h in Viaduct at a height of 10-15m,” he said.
As the findings of the DPR, this project into one linear, will pass through all the rivers and flows that flow west and the farm and floodland fields.
A large number of land work involved will affect the hydrological environment and embankments will cause obstruction to the flow of water that is downstream and increases the flow of mud.
Increased soil erosion will inhibit water quality and increase synders.
Reducing infiltration will result in increased surface flow and flood water produced.
Flow obstruction because banks will also produce groundwater fluctuations and water logging and Kollam and Kasaragod (stations and pages) have been identified as the most vulnerable places of the effects of hydrology.
Working workers in the environmental sector said that the adverse effects of the project had been treated casually in the DPR.
“Serious environmental problems have been registered, and for every problem, the House of Representatives says that there is a solution.
These problems must be treated more seriously as they have been handled by the DPR,” said Environmental activist Sridhar Radhakrishnan, said.
Also in accordance with the DPR, around 10,349 structures and buildings tend to be affected, and said that even so all efforts to avoid religious structures in Silverline, still nine religious structures (including three temples, one church and five mosques) violated the proposed alignment.
Project costs are estimated at RS 63, 940.67 Crore for its settlement at 2025-26.
, will need RS 1620.42 Crore, Rs 11,051.89 Crore, Rs 15,892.93 Crore, Rs 15,546.84 Crore, Rs 13,071.84 Crore and Rs 5,231.67 Crore every year for five years from 2020-21 to 2025-26, It found that the project would resecame RS 2,276 Crore from the tariff box at 2025-26, which will increase to RS 92,371 Crore in 2074-75, and RS 237 Crore on 2025-26 of the roll-on roll-off (roro) service which will increase to Rs 4,319 Crore in 2074-75.
The House of Representatives said that this project was not feasible under the Build, Operate, and Transfer (BOT) model even after providing the variability gap funds to the private sector but it was feasible under the SPV model proposed by equity, which was the proposed model.
When projects are sustained as seen from the FIRR (8.49% after 50 years) and also have EIRR (24.04% after 50 years) above the mandated level, this project is financially and economically implemented, the DPR said.