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India’s official audit body slams approval of Adani port expansion at Dahej | Ayaskant Das (Adani Watch, Oct 27, 2022) http://sacw.net/article15044.html 
27 October In a report tabled in the Parliament of India on 8 August 2022, CAG has stated that the Adani Group failed to enunciate any mitigation measures for endangered coastal ecology while it expanded the capacity of the Dahej Port in Gujarat in a joint venture with the government-owned oil and gas company Petronet LNG.

https://www.adaniwatch.org/audit_body_headed_by_modi_confidante_slams_approval_of_adani_port_expansion_at_dahej

https://cag.gov.in/en/audit-report/download/116707  Extract from Annexure :

Name of Project: Gujarat Expansion of Adani Petronet (Dahej) Port, Bharuch District by M/s Adani Petronet (Dahej) Port Pvt Ltd
Risk to marine flora and fauna, ecologically vulnerable areas:  The EIA Report envisaged generation of wastewater during concrete casting, cleaning of construction equipment, vehicle garage workshop, oil spills from the operation of construction equipment and Diesel Generating set and the same was stated to affect the marine water quality near the shoreline.

Mitigation measures not envisaged in the EIA: Despite the identification of the impacts, no mitigation measures were enunciated in the EIA report.

Risk to marine flora and fauna, ecologically vulnerable areas:  The population of the intertidal macro benthos indicated relatively high standing stock of macro benthos with moderate group diversity. The EIA further stated that the reclamation would impact nearly 23 ha. of benthic habitat and no recovery of benthic organisms was possible as the habitat would be permanently lost due to reclamation.

Mitigation measures not envisaged in the EIA: No mitigation measures were envisaged for the protection of benthic organisms in the project area.

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