Despite environmental and social concerns, the Great Nicobar trans-shipment port project has secured Indian government ...

This is impossible and defies logic given that the port design itself proposes to close ... ever on the leatherback turtles ...

In FY24, the shipping ministry sanctioned 28 projects worth over ₹5,400 crore for Lakshadweep and for Andaman and Nicobar Islands including a new port for passengers and tourists at Port Blair.

Like other indigenous groups on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, they suffered greatly from the 2004 tsunami, which devastated much of the coastline and wiped out the livelihoods of many fishermen.

Be it online classes, tourism, banking, shopping, or telemedicine, thousands of families in Andaman and Nicobar will now get access," Modi said. The Prime Minister said that tourists will also ...

Shompen men walk through the forest on the Great Nicobar island. | Still from video produced by Professor Vishvajit Pandya and team for the Andaman and Nicobar administration. The Union government ...