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Thermal
Power Plant
Emissions
Pollutions
Air Pollution
Water Pollution
Soil Pollution
Agriculture
Effect on
Human beings
Livestock
Air,
Water
Borne
Diseases
Loss
of
Employment
(women work
force)
Tapping/
Income Loss
Decrease in
Milk Yield,
Lactation
Period
Increase
Medical
ure
Decrease
Yield
Toddy
Death of
Cattle
Illhealth
Expendit
Occupation
Wage loss/
Income
Decrease
Income
Decrease Size
of
Landholding
Change
Cropping
Pattern
in
in
Debt Trap/
Poverty
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Table1:
Subject
Caste Composition of Respondents:
BCs (Backward Class)
SCs (Scheduled Caste)
STs (Scheduled Tribe)
OCs (Upper Caste)
Age Composition:
21-30
31-41
41-50
> 50
Educational Status:
Illiteracy
Primary
Secondary
Higher
Income Particulars in Rs (p.a.)
Below- 11000
12000-15000
16000-20000
Above 20000
Source of Drinking Water:
Well (Pre-Industry)
Tab (Post-Industry)
Suffering from Type of Pollution
Water
Water & Air
All
Water Borne Diseases:
Jaundice
Joint pains
Typhoid
Diarrhea
All
Air Borne Diseases:
Eye irritation & pain
Lungs related
Throat related
Skin
All
Suffering from Type of Emissions:
Fly ash
Fly Ash & Solid waste
Fly ash & sewage water
Expenditure on Medical Treatment in Rs (p.a):
<5000
6000-10000
> 10000
Source of Medical Treatment:
Private
Wage Losses Due To IllHealth in Rs(p.a):
<1000
1100-1500
1600-2000
No Losses
Frequency
Percentage
Total & %
153
29
99
19
51.0
9.7
33.0
6.3
300 (100)
2
12
85
201
.7
4.0
28.3
67.0
300 (100)
163
87
42
8
53.3
29.0
14.0
2.7
300 (100)
81
116
78
25
27.0
38.7
26.0
8.0
300 (100)
300
300
100
100
300 (100)
300 (100)
11
284
5
3.7
94.7
1.6
300 (100)
24
63
34
94
85
8.0
21.0
11.3
31.3
28.0
300 (100)
90
21
11
103
75
30.0
7.0
3.7
34.3
25.0
300 (100)
17
178
105
5.7
59.3
35.0
300 (100)
138
97
87
46.0
32.3
29.0
300 (100)
298
99.3
298 (99.)
138
88
7
67
46.0
29.3
2.3
22.3
300 (100)
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CONCLUSIONS
The study fund overall impact of the thermal
power plants pollutions.
Involuntary
displacement, environmental degradation
caused hardships, and deprived the
respondents of their natural living conditions,
source of employment and income, livelihood,
way of life. Losses of community life, facilities,
assets, access to natural resources are the
consequences caused by thermal power plants
and their pollution. Community structure and
social networks are broken and weakened.
Cultural identity, traditional authority and the
attitudes of mutual co-operation and help are
diminished. Peoples value system, belief
system, customs and traditions were
destructed. Big buildings, electricity, dazzling
light,
water,
sanitation,
infrastructural
facilities etc. are all being enjoyed by the
project authorities and employees and the rich
people of the locality. But on the other hand,
the people who lost their lands in the
acquisition, whose lands became barren, live
in a state of misery. Poor infrastructure,
sanitation problems, absence of hospitals or
costly corporate hospitals etc., are the