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Solid wastes generated from the various residential and non-residential activities in cities end up in centralized land fill sites, mostly vacant lands or wetland sites in the urban periphery. Sanitary landfills have been and continue to be a social and ecological threat. Brahmapuram Waste treatment plant set up in 2008, spread over 110 acres in Kakkanad is utilized by the Kochi Corporation and the nearby municipalities but the lack of segregation of the biodegradable and non-bio degradable waste has caused breakdowns in the functioning of the plant turning it into a waste dump site that polluted the surrounding rivers along with air pollution. The plant has been the site of multiple fires in 2013, 2019 and 2023 that burned 16-year-old dumped garbage and released toxic fumes, choking the entire city region for 12 days (India Today, 2023). Following this event, a compressed biogas (CBG) plant has been proposed at Brahmapuram by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL) in 2024. The RIAM technique has been applied to assess the Environmental impact Assessment of the proposed CBG plant in Brahmapuram, and from the study, it was found that the proposal has a moderately positive impact. Suitable mitigation measures may be suggested in future research in order to reduce the adverse impacts to create a harmonious environment