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Environmental Impact Assessment and its roles
The assessment of all possible effects on environment of an area due to the establishment of a plant, an industry, a developmental project or due to modernization of an old factory is called as Environmental Impact Assessment or EAS.
In today’s modern societies, the progress of a country is judged by the status of development or the economic progress. For this, different new plants and factories have to be set up and the old ones have to be modernized and expanded to increase production. All this is almost a must for every country, underdeveloped or developed.
The problem arises only when these developmental activities damage the natural equilibrium of our environment. So, some sort of statutory regulations have to be prescribed and strictly enforced to ensure nil or minimum damage to the environment of that particular area.
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