Remote Island Paradise Threatened by Shipping Terminal
A container port the Indian government plans for this remote island threatens unique Indigenous cultures and biodiversity
News from Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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What is in Great Nicobar, site of NITI Aayog’s mega project? | Explained
Congress and other parties oppose NITI Aayog's Great Nicobar project due to ecological costs and tribal rights violations.
Great Nicobar mega project: PMO outreach to indigenous tribes admirable but meaningless
A delegation of the Principal Secretary (administrative chief of the Prime Minister’s Office), the Home Secretary (administrative chief of the Ministry of Home
Nicobar port plan: Flagged in no-go zone earlier, now in permitted area
The Great Nicobar ‘Holistic Development’ Project was conceived by the NITI Aayog and the key plan includes construction of an international container transshipment terminal among other facilities.
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Centre finalising Great Nicobar project; construction to begin in next few months
Government finalizing ₹41,000-crore Great Nicobar Transhipment port project, set to handle 16 million containers annually by 2028.
How a wildlife sanctuary in the Great Nicobar Island was made to vanish
After a port project was approved, it was concluded that the site, home to mangroves, turtles, corals and the endemic Nicobar megapode, should never have been a protected area
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What do we know about ANIIDCO? | Explained
ANIIDCO, a little-known government agency, faces scrutiny as project proponent for a high-risk, high-investment infrastructure project in Great Nicobar.
Port Blair renamed Sri Vijaya Puram 'to free nation from colonial imprints'
Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced the renaming of Port Blair, the capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, as Sri Vijaya Puram. The renaming was done to "free the nation from colonial imprints" as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision.
Green laws not violated in permitting Nicobar project, matter should be heard by larger bench: Govt tells NGT
The ministry has also filed an application with NGT, seeking a larger bench of six members to hear the ongoing petitions regarding the project.
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Nicobarese Anthropologist & Former Officer Questions Modi Govt Claims Over Controversial Great Nicobar Project
As the union government calls for proposals to cut nearly a million trees in a pristine rainforest in Great Nicobar island in the Andaman Sea to build a port, international airport, town, tourism resorts and roads, a former senior government official has questioned its claims that the two local...
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