New medical college in Assam gets environmental clearance under Category B2

The project involves a 100-student annual intake for MBBS degrees and a teaching hospital on a plot area of approximately 22.47 hectares.

Who it concerns: The project proponent is Hospital Management Society Lakhimpur. The clearance was granted by the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Assam, based on recommendations from the State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC).

Conditions and facts

• Environmental Clearance (EC) granted under Category B2 of the EIA Notification 2006.
• Project location: Village Chowkham, North Lakhimpur Revenue Circle, Lakhimpur District, Assam.
• Plot area: 2,24,752.00 Sq M (22.4752 Ha); Built-up area: 92,460.88 Sq M.
• Estimated project cost: Rs. 44,720 Lakh.
• Condition: Plantation of 5,500 trees over 5.4 Ha with a capital expenditure of Rs. 12 Lakhs, using specific endemic and evergreen species.
• Condition: Compliance with Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), GRIHA, or LEEDS standards.
• Condition: Utilization of Rs. 150 Lakh capital and Rs. 70 Lakh recurring costs for environmental safeguards as per the Environment Management Plan (EMP).
• Condition: Mandatory submission of Half Yearly Compliance Reports (HCR) on the PARIVESH 2.0 portal by June 1 and December 1.
• Condition: Strict adherence to Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026.

Also in the document

• The document states that the project proponent has already obtained a Consolidated Consent and Authorization (CCA) from the Assam Pollution Control Board (APCB) and a No Objection Certificate (NOC) for ground water abstraction from the Central Ground Water Authority.
• The document notes that a Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) with a capacity of 475 KLD and an Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) of 30 KLD have been constructed for the project.