| Nature of damage |
Nature of impact |
| I. Loss of surface
water bodies by getting |
| * excavated out |
Tangible |
| *filled-up by rolling of OB materials |
Only partially tangible |
| * silted by eroded materials from the land made devoid
of green cover |
Intangible |
| * infiltrated through subsidence cracks |
Only partially tangible |
| * evaporated due to high temperature in fire areas |
Only partially tangible |
| * evaporated due to higher temperature generated because
of loss of greenery |
Intangible |
| II. Damage to ground water resources by |
· lowering of WT due to pumping out of groundwater flowing
at the excavation site and discharging it creating more of runoff and less
of recharge
|
Tangible but rarely cared |
· lowering of WT due to aggravated evaporation, loss
of greenery and erosion
|
Intangible |
| · loss of aquifer due to getting excavated out |
Intangible |
| · loss of aquifer due to getting compressed due to not
having pore water pressure support for long time in the zones having lowered
water table |
Intangible |
| Nature of damage |
Nature of impact |
| I. Loss of topsoil
due to getting |
· mixed with subsoil and OB material during excavation
|
Tangible but rarely cared |
| · transported from one place to other |
Intangible |
| · down to quarry base through the interspaces of materials
backfilling the quarries |
Intangible |
| II. damage to greenery due to loss at |
· core zone by felling and
land excavation
|
Tangible
|
| · core zone by OB dumping |
Tangible |
| · buffer zone by shifting of habitation etc. |
Tangible |
| · buffer zone by damage to land quality by getting covered
with fine solid and water of adverse composition |
Intangible |
| · reclaimed lands and some parts of buffer zones due
to non-availability of water at root zone and for irrigation |
Intangible |
| III. loss of energy, effort and cost spent
for |
| · lowly effective activities for greening such partially
degraded lands |
Partially intangible |
| IV. loss of revenue that could be earned |
· from the land if reclaimed properly
|
Intangible |
| · by selling the land if reclaimed properly |
Intangible |