According to The Papumpare Chakma Welfare Society (PCWS),  the Airports Authority of India (AAI) did not officially inform people living in the proposed site who would be affected by the land acquisition.[3][4] Now, the major concern is about those who will be displaced since the project cannot move forward without proper relocation of those people.[5] The Relief and Rehabilitation (R&R) plan was submitted to the state government, and people are waiting for the  implementation of the plan.[6]

The government acquired the lands, and the Chakma people lost their livelihoods, yet they have not received any government compensation.[7] The Chakma Displaced Family Justice Demand Committee (CDFJDC) has criticized the Chakma Rehabilitation and Resettlement Committee (R&R Committee) for embezzling over 19 Crore Rs (1 Crore= 10 Million Rupees) (2.19 million euros) allocated by the government. [7] Nothing that was promised such as “land, compensation for cropped areas, houses for dwelling with drinking water supply, school, health centre, markets and a recreation centre” have been delivered. [2]. People are calling for the reconstructions of the R&R committee for smooth relocation and participatory democratic decision making. [2]. Still, it is veiled how much it will cost for the relocation scheme.  

The EIA [8] shows many potential environmental degradations such as air, water, noise pollution and land contamination, these impacts are described in a very vague in the EIA  and thus don’t allow for a good comprehension of it even though according to it the resultant quality levels would be within a prescribed limit but no concrete evidences are provided in it as such it becomes unclear how much impact there will be and also how effective the mitigation measures will turn out to be. 

Also, socio-economically, people would be affected; however, the EIA says there would be compensations and rehabilitation as well as the hiring of local people so that there would be no significant influence and even a positive social impact in the increase of jobs[8]. 

The EIA [8] points to significant alterations to the ecosystem of the village and considerable stress to fauna and flora. The infrastructure would require large water and energy inputs as well as generate large amounts of waste, among other relevant impacts.

Some of the impacts identified in the EIA (8) during the construction and operation of the airport are:

Water requirement:

50,000 to 75,000 liters/day for construction phase, 90,000 liters/day for operation phase. Water treatment plant of about 104 liters/day capacity is proposed to be set up.

Power requirement:

0.1 Mega Watts power would be required during construction phase and about 1.0 Mega Watts (1000 Kilo Watts) during operation phase. The entire power requirement will be met by constructing of independent 33 Kilo Volts line up to airport.

Waste:

120kg of domestic organic waste per day.

5kg/day of non organic aircraft waste and 25kg/day of non organic aircraft waste in monsoon season.

18kg/day of organic material split from wastewater (can be reused as manure).

Construction Materials:

Stone and sand to be removed from local rivers (no specific quantities found).

Cement, Steel, Bitumen and Bricks to be bought ( no specific quantities found).