According to ADB's Annual Environmental & Social Monitoring Report (2020-2021), the total required land for the project is 1600 acres and have acquired 92%, 1487 acres as of the report. They also noted that none of the acquired area has been agricultural land Size in operation is based on the RS polygon files

Solar Energy The proposed investment will enable AEPL to expand its solar photovoltaic (PV) operating and under construction generation capacity from 593 megawatts (MW) as of December 2018 to 1,991 MW operating capacity by March 2023.

Solar PV Plant 350 MW

According to website, there is a 3.637 MMT CO2 Mitigation due to the project

The land in use is either leased or bought amongst the affected landowners

In February 2019, the Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved an equity investment of $25 million from ordinary capital resources (OCR) and equity investment of $25 million from the Leading Asia’s Private Infrastructure (LEAP) Fund administered by ADB in to Avaada Energy Private Limited (AEPL).

as of 2020 ADB EIA report, the project is under construction Commissioning date was March 2023, confirmed also via RS analysis

Although there is no direct number stated to employment, ADB EIA report stated in page 90 that the project generates employees for the project

As per our commitment during village level stakeholder consultations, we have engaged semiskilled/unskilled Labours in our projects through contractors/sub-contractors. Also, the procurement of all the basic amenity requirements is done locally.

The company's site selection process for projects typically avoids indigenous peoples' land or areas and none of the subprojects owned by the company are located on indigenous peoples' land. Hence related issues and impacts are not envisaged.

ADB PDS of project stipulates that the company buys or leases lands for its projects. " Land is purchased through negotiated settlement with individual landowners, and in some cases leased from existing solar park estates on a long-term basis, on mutually agreed terms."

The respective project sites have been selected in such a manner that it does not involve any vulnerable community land and no displacement of people (including indigenous people). [ADB, 2020]

"We did not have any significant negative impact on local communities at any of our locations and there were no cases of physical or economic displacement of local people at any of our project sites" - ADB EIA Report

ADB reports state that the local community was consulted either buying or leasing agreements amongst local land owners

AADB EIA 2020-2021 report stated that a total of 125 land plots had been acquired, including the payment as well