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Great Nicobar Island Development Project
April 29 , 2024
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- The mega infrastructure project, titled ‘Holistic Development of Great Nicobar’, is piloted by Niti Aayog and implemented by the Port Blair-based Andaman and Nicobar Islands Integrated Development Corporation (ANIIDCO).
- It involves the construction of a transshipment port, an international airport, a township and a power plant.
- There are raised concerns about the project’s clearances violating constitutional mandates and ignoring the views of the tribals.
- More than half of the area of the Project lies over the Tribal Reserve Area.
- Six indigenous tribes inhabit the islands, including the Shompen and Nicobarese in the Great Nicobar Island
- The Shompen are a hunter-gatherer community with a population of around 200-300 individuals.
- The Nicobarese are a larger tribal group with a population of around 27,000, spread across the Nicobar Islands.
- The Great Nicobar Island has a tribal reserve measuring 751.01 square kilometres.
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