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The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is in the process of developing a new sanitary landfill facility at Bhatti Mines in South Delhi. Consulting Engineering Services (India) Pvt. Ltd., conducted an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study to assess likely impacts on receptors due to the development of the landfill. In this project, current status of air, soil, surface and groundwater quality around the landfill site was studied. The focus was impacts on air quality with particular reference to suspended particulate matter during the construction and operation phase of the proposed landfill on the receptors within the study area. Particulate matter is of concern not only for health reasons but also for aesthetic and economic reasons. In this study an attempt has been made to quantify the impacts on air quality using an air dispersion model (ISCST3). Most of the EIA studies conducted predict the impacts on air quality only qualitatively; very few studies quantify the impacts. At most of the receptors the background SPM concentration was found to be above the NAAQS standards due to various anthropogenic activities. The modelling results showed that there will be no significant impact on air quality as all the locations show low incremental SPM concentrations due to the construction and operation of the landfill.
