The document summarizes the environmental effects of the proposed Rampal Coal Power Plant in Bangladesh. It notes that the plant would be located near the Sundarbans mangrove forest, displacing wildlife including the endangered Royal Bengal Tiger. Smoke and pollution from the plant could harm the local ecosystem and people. Burning the large amount of coal required would produce millions of tons of carbon dioxide and other emissions annually. Shipping activities to supply the plant could also damage the mangroves through noise, oil spills, coal dropping, and waste discharges into rivers. The construction and operations would likely lower the water table and destroy the ecosystem of the Posur River. Many vulnerable species that inhabit the area could die off or leave if the power

1. Environmental Effects of Rampal Coal Power
Plant.
IUBAT— International University of Business Agriculture and
Technology
Instructor
Dr. AFM Kamal
Chowdhury
Associate Professor
Department of Civil
Engineering
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Name ID Contribution
Saiful Islam Bappy 15106140 20%
Akteruzzaman 15306006 20%
Tanbir Ahmed 15106152 20%
Tanjena jahan
talukder
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Md sharif hasan
mahmud
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2. Project Information
• Sponsor: Bangladesh-India friendship
power company pvt limited (BIFPCL)
• Parent Company: Bangladesh Power
Development Board (BPDB).
• Location: Rampal Upazila, Bagerhat,
Khulna, Bangladesh.
• Gross Capacity: 1320 MW (2*660MW)
• Type: Ultra Supercritical.
• Projected in service: 2018
• Acres of Land: 1834 acres of agricultural
land and shrimp aquaculture pond.
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3. Environmental Effect of Rampal
 In our sundarban which is the biggest mangrove forest
we have a large amount 0f animals and specially Royal
Bengal tiger. They will loose home because of the
proposed area.
 After making Rampal Power Station its smoke will
pollute the environment. So it will get hard for the
animals and people living near that area and also for us
 We will loose over more than 1200 metric tons of paddy
in the proposed area.
 It will hamper the ecosystem which comprises of Royal
Bengal Tigers, deer, dolphins and the forestry.
 The plant could emit high levels of mercury, a potent
neurotoxin that damages children's brains and nervous
systems, and it could be sufficient to render fish unsafe
to eat over an area of approximately 70 sq.km around
the power plant
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4. Environmental Effect of Rampal
 EIA reported that a radius of 10 kilometers from
the Sundarbans is considered the
Environmentally Critical Area
 Geographical Information System (GIS)
software exhibit that the proposed spot for the
plant is between 9 to 13 kilometers
 4.72 million tones of coal will be burnt to
produce the estimated 1,320 megawatt of
electricity at the proposed Rampal power plant.
 the plant will produce 18 million tones of carbon
dioxide.
 EIA report itself mentions that 7.9 million tones
from it will be added to fly ash.
 at least 7.9 million tones of carbon dioxide will
be produced from the plant, which is too highly
risky and environmentally threatening.
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5. Environmental Effect of Rampal
 Ship-to-ship transfer activities, shipping and
barging activities at Akram point will generate
noise create disturbance to the wildlife of the
Sundarbans.
 Ballast water, oil spillage and coal dropping might
affect pneumatological of Mangrove plants.
 Different types of wastes like the residue of the
coal, ballast water, bilge water, oil etc produced
from the Ships will be discharged to the river
system and pollute the environment.
 Water column may be polluted due to oil spillage,
coal spillage and other malpractice like waste
discharge, discharge of ballast and bilge water etc.
 Burning coal is a leading cause of smog, acid rain,
global warming, and air toxics.
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6. Environmental Effect of Rampal
 Construction of power plant at Rampal the
ecosystem will be largely affected due to
traffic movements, oil and chemical spillage
and dredging.
 The project will use deep tube wells and water
of the Posur River for washing coal, which
will push ground level water down and will
completely destroy the ecosystem of the river
 315 species of waterfowl, raptors and nine
species of kingfisher and the magnificent
white bellied sea eagle. The area is habitat or
the Royal Bengal tiger and other threatened
species,such as the estuarine crocodile and the
Indian python. If Rampal power Station came
into reality these species will die or go away.
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