: Indian government is about to irreparably damage the Great Nicobar Island with its mega project #IndiaNEWS The government of India is going all guns blazing on the “holistic development�? of the

Indian government is about to irreparably damage the Great Nicobar Island with its mega project #IndiaNEWS
The government of India is going all guns blazing on the “holistic development�? of the Great Nicobar Island with a multi-component mega project. An international container trans-shipment terminal, a military-civil dual-use airport, a gas, diesel and solar-based power plant, and a township are all planned on this island that spreads over 1,044 square kilometres – an area smaller than the National Capital Territory of Delhi. This proposed project is expected to lead to the cutting of over 852,000 trees and adversely impact avifauna, marine and terrestrial biodiversity including species such as the leatherback turtles, megapodes, corals, migratory birds and Nicobar crab-eating macaques. In addition, it is expected to impact the population of particularly vulnerable tribal groups on the island.The push for this mega project, estimated to cost about Rs 75,000 crore, comes despite vociferous objection from environmental and wildlife experts and civil society organisations, who have highlighted many loopholes in the environmental impact assessment, or EIA, report of the project.The Great Nicobar Island, which is the southernmost part of the Indian territory, is one of the most strategically important areas, in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands region. In fact, it is closer to Myanmar and Sumatra than to the Indian mainland, and, in 2013,...Read more

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