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Social Impact
1) Living near airport exposes resident to the risk
of heart diseases, hypertension and sleep dis-
turbance as a result of increase blood pressure
from noise pollution.
2) 750 bigga of a land is occupied by human com-
munity which will have to be displaced. (Source:
NITV Media Pvt. Ltd.)
3) Use of Indian airspace is a major issue in itself.
(Source: Prachanda Jung Shah, former Captain)
4) Will provide job opportunity for the locals after
the completion.
5) Will destroy the fertile agricultural land of the
locals depending only on agriculture which is just
1.5 km away from the project site.
Economic impact
al Airport is a project but for us it can be a disaster.
Anu Chapain
Pratik Baral
Punam Ghimire
Sadip Raj Pandey
Sushmita Shrestha
B.Sc. Environmental Science
3rd year (Batch 2016)
B. Sc. in
Environmental
Science
1) Can uplift national economy from around 3%
at present to 10% by 2030 with upgradation of
tourism related infrastructure.
2) Can bring 2 million tourists by 2030.
Present condition
1) Although in past 3 years budget has been re-
leased for this project, nothing has been done
yet.
2) Airport can be constructed in less than the es-
timated budget. (Source: CAAN)
3) The Chief Minister of Province 2, Lal Babu
Raut, claims that chopping trees n the name of
construction an international airport is not appro-
priate. (Source: Kantipur post,28 sep-2018)
4) Choosing Janakpur or Simara as an alterna-
tive should also be taken into consideration by
GON. (Source: Arjun Dhakal, President, NEFEJ)
5) Are 4 international airports really needed?
Two big airports are already being planned in
Pokhara and Bhairahawa. . (Source: Kantipur
Post, 23th Sept. 2018)
For Investors and Government Nigjadh Internation-
Department of Environmental Science and
Engineering
Kathmandu University
Dhulikhel, Kavre
Nepal
www.ku.edu.np/env
Phone: (011) 661399 Ext.: 2233
Email: [email protected]
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