Abstract
A Socioeconomic Impact Assessment (SIA) of Integrated Industrial Estate (IIE)-SIDCUL Pantnagar was completed in March 2010 after three years of its establishment, based on primary and secondary data collection (survey data, company’s reports, websites, library and other related documents). The 276 industries established in the area have created jobs for a total of 27,812 (35% of the district industrial workers) individuals. The general public attitude (72.16% positive), impact distribution (70.56% middle class) and the general wellbeing of society around are significantly good. However, local people also voiced their apprehensions about water quality and quantity, health problems, power interruption. Population of Rudrapur town will be more than double in 20 years. While, house and land values have increased 2 to 3 times, labor force has become farming constraint. These plus the cultural prestige are forcing the local people to sell their farm lands for house building and/or daughters’ marital expenditure (dowry). The rapid urbanization, increasing land value and discharge of waste are found to be derivers of the socioeconomic changes. Based on the results some mitigation measures to reduce the pressures are suggested.
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