Andaman & Nicobar Development

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In August, 2020 the Prime Minister had declared that the Andaman and Nicobar islands will be developed as a "maritime and startup hub".

The proposal includes an international container trans-shipment terminal, a greenfield international airport, a power plant and a township complex spread over 166 sq. km. (mainly pristine coastal systems and tropical forests).

In early 2021, the NITI Aayog circulated an undated vision document titled ‘Sustainable Development of Little Andaman Island’, which proposed developing both Great Nicobar Island, as well as Little Andaman, “for economic and strategic benefits to the country but at the same time ensure conservation of the rich bio-diversity and primitive tribal groups in the core of these islands”.

It will become India's alternative to Hong Kong and Singapore. Many Indian-origin businessmen of Hong Kong have shown interest in this project.

I have created this thread to keep update of this ambitious project which can help us in realising the dream of $10 Trillion Dollar economy by 2030-35 and which has potential to establish India as a big power in Southeast Asia.

Great Nicobar Island Development Project - Wikipedia

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VEER SAVARKAR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - TERMINAL 2

Due to increasing traffic, a new 40,837 sq.m. passenger terminal at a cost of ₹ 707 crore began construction in 2019. It has three floors–one for arrivals, second for departures and third for waiting. Inside the terminal, there are 28 check-in counters, four conveyor belts and three aerobridges. It will be able to handle 1,200 passengers (600 domestic and 600 international) at peak hours, and will be able to serve 5 million passengers per annum.[9] It was completed in June 2023 and was inaugurated on 18 July 2023.

• Function: Airport
• Architect: Vector Designs, Pune
• Material: Steel, Glass, Membrane
• Client: Airport Authority of India
• Salient Features:
  • Inspired by sea shells, the roof form and structure depicts the best of it.
  • Spanning across 240x90m, it is by the largest clear span enclosure among airports in India and one of the few of world’s international airport buildings.
  • 22 sculpted steel 3 D trusses each having different span resting on 2 elliptical beams and one grand central Arc. Peripheral elliptical edge beams are resting on V columns. Intricacy of Sculpted expressions of engineered end connections of trusses and V columns is achieved by machined steel casting process. The entire building envelope has 6500 tons of steel manufactured inland at various cities and carried to portblair assembled by 400 ton cranes. Commissioning and decommissioning of cranes at Remote Island was a project by itself.
  • On airside and city side there are grand entry canopies which greet the visitor passing through.
  • 20 clear strip skylights located right above space trusses gives pleasant daylight thus not only saving day time lighting energy but gives uniform lux lighting across the interior space and hi lights meticulously detailed space truss detailing and geometry.
  • Roof has delicate mesh overhang extensions receding façade. This prevents any direct sunlight exposure on the glass facade during harsh sunlight durations to minimise heat gain through glass façade. Choice of Glasses have better shading coefficient to further reduce heat gain.
  • Entire building facade is enveloped in bi-directionally curved pre-stressed cable net. 4300 differently sized glass panes form this complex glass surface, designed to withstand super cyclones in the sea yet having delicate looking strong cable net. 24.5 Km of Cables are of stainless steel grade, having special cast junctions holding glass panes at corners only.

 

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Concept Plan of the Project







DPR progress of Transhipment Port

Transshipment Port at South Bay Development Project in Nicobar (Andaman & Nicobar): Project Updates & Investment Details | IIG

Transshipment Port at South Bay Development Project is a NIP Central PSU Shipping project in Andaman & Nicobar under the scheme -/Shipping.Visit India Investment Grid for investment details!

indiainvestmentgrid.gov.in

 

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Concept Plan of the Project
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DPR progress of Transhipment Port
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Transshipment Port at South Bay Development Project in Nicobar (Andaman & Nicobar): Project Updates & Investment Details | IIG

Transshipment Port at South Bay Development Project is a NIP Central PSU Shipping project in Andaman & Nicobar under the scheme -/Shipping.Visit India Investment Grid for investment details!

indiainvestmentgrid.gov.in

10 lakh trees will be cut vrooooo.
It will destroy the ecosystem vroooooo
Mool nivasis will be affected vrooooo.

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Chennai-Andaman Optical Fiber Cable

It is a 2,313 km long submarine optical fiber cable, which will provide high-speed internet services to Andaman & Nicobar Islands of India. While up to 400 Gb/s internet speed will be available in Port Blair, up to 200 Gb/s speed will be accessible in other islands.

With the foundation stone for the project laid on December 30, 2018 at Port Blair, this project has been executed by BSNL in the record period of just 20 months. The cost of implementation of the undersea cable laid between Chennai and Port Blair is Rs 1,224 crore.








Environment clearance for Great Nicobar port done. This is the 3rd transhipment port (where biggest container ships can dock) after the under construction Vizhinjam port in Kerala and Vadhavan port in Maharashtra.

Airport, container depot, township in 16,610 hectares of pristine Nicobar cleared

The Great Nicobar Island was declared as a biosphere reserve in January 1989 by the Centre and included in the Unesco man and biosphere programme in May 2013. It is considered a global biodiversity hotspot, which explains the strong opposition to the project from several quarters.

m.economictimes.com

 

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The proposed port in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands will have the ultimate capacity to handle 16 million containers per year, and in the first phase, to be commissioned by 2028 at a cost of Rs 18,000 crore, it will handle more than 4 million containers.

> 16 million TEUs would be among top 10 worldwide.

Modi govt's Rs 41k cr trans-shipment port in Great Nicobar Island - Details

Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways has invited expressions of interest (EOI) from interested parties for the construction of a Rs 41,000 crore international transhipment port project at Great Nicobar Island in the Bay of Bengal. In a release, the ministry said that the USD 5 billion port...

www.timesnownews.com

 

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Spoiler

 

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Great Nicobar Residents Back Land Acquisition for Green Field International Airport; Settlers Present Reasonable Demands​

Great Nicobar Residents Back Land Acquisition for Green Field International Airport; Settlers Present Reasonable Demands - Nicobar Times

Tarun Karthick Port Blair, 30 June 2024 Government of India has unveiled ambitious plans to transform Great Nicobar Island with a series of mega projects.…

nicobartimes.com

 

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The Plans for Airport.

 

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View: https://twitter.com/haldilal/status/1809852324824617348

 

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View: https://twitter.com/haldilal/status/1809852324824617348

The Port, Airport and Power Plantw will happen on reclaimed land parcels but the planned city will be downsized from projected 10 lakh population to mere few tens of thousands.

 

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View: https://twitter.com/haldilal/status/1810154341405520294

 

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The old Plans.

 

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Centre notifies Galathea Bay as a 'Major Port'​

Centre notifies Galathea Bay as a 'Major Port'

The government has designated Galathea Bay in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands as a 'Major Port'. This Rs 44,000 crore project will be developed under a public-private partnership model and aims to capture transshipped cargo currently handled outside India. The first phase is expected to be...

economictimes.indiatimes.com

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