India's Great Nicobar Island Project goes ahead despite concerns about isolated Shompen tribe

India's Great Nicobar Island is home to one of the world's last isolated tribes who are believed to have lived there for ...
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Indigenous Nicobar Islanders face destruction as mega development advances

The Indian government’s ‘Holistic Development of Great Nicobar Island’ project proposes building large-scale infrastructure and expanding tourism in an ecologically sensitive region. The project ...
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Global indigenous rights group says Indian govt’s Great Nicobar project will annihilate Shompen tribe

New Delhi: The Rs 75,000 crore Great Nicobar Development Project threatens to wipe out the vulnerable Shompen tribe in the Nicobar Islands, according to a report by UK-based Survival International.
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Modi’s Mega Projects Could Destroy Great Nicobar Island

Satellite imagery captures the southern tip of Great Nicobar Island, including Galathea Bay, in India. Credit - Gallo Images—Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel/Getty Images On a moonless night in ...
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Can the Great Nicobar project be defended?

India, May 31 -- Great Nicobar's defenders argue strategic necessity outweighs ecological, commercial and geopolitical ...
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Indian opposition slams Nicobar megaport plan as 'destruction'

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi said Wednesday a proposed $9 billion megaport and city project on the strategic Great Nicobar Island is "destruction dressed in development's language". The ...