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Great Nicobar port clears paperwork, but will money follow?

Despite environmental and social concerns, the Great Nicobar trans-shipment port project has secured Indian government approvals. However, attracting financial backers remains a challenge due to high construction costs and competition from established ports like Colombo and Vizhinjam.

economictimes.indiatimes.com

Great Nicobar: Union govt plans Rs 81,000 cr project without even mapping tribal lands

The govt doesn’t have maps of tribal settlements and hunting and foraging grounds. The only social assessment that has been conducted is for a small part of the project, and this too is silent on impacts on tribal communities.

www.newslaundry.com

Great Nicobar Project nonsensical: Jairam Ramesh - The Tribune

Says compensatory afforestation not a substitute for loss of natural forests.

www.tribuneindia.com

Great Nicobar Megaproject: Will 10 Million Trees and an Indigenous Culture Vanish?

The Great Nicobar Megaproject threatens to destroy 10 million trees and disrupt the lives of the indigenous Nicobarese people. Once tsunami survivors, they now face another disaster—mass deforestation and displacement in the name of development. Will this megaproject erase their ancestral land...

frontline.thehindu.com

Y'all nibbiars how could the development of Nicobar stopped? Milords? funding troubles if no private sector or foreign funding is found ?

In the last month there is a spate of articles against it and Clown Prince openly opposing

Rahul Gandhi Urges Modi to Cancel Offshore Mining Tenders in Kerala, Gujarat and the Andamans

Gandhi expressed concerns over the environmental and socio-economic impact of offshore mining.

thewire.in