As the mega plans to “develop” Great Nicobar continue apace, a look at all the reasons why this biosphere reserve should be left wisely alone.

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27-01-202340 STORIES

‘Limited intervention was in the best interest of the islands’: Ritwick Dutta

Interview with the environmental lawyer, activist, author, and co-founder of advocacy group LIFE.

Anusua Mukherjee

Great Nicobar development projects disregard risk in earthquake-prone area

The government throws caution to the wind while assessing the risk of infrastructure development.

Janki Andharia,V. Ramesh,Ravinder Dhiman

Proposed infrastructure project in Great Nicobar Island a mega folly

It puts the pristine island, its priceless biodiversity, and indigene populations as well as the huge investment itself in danger.

Pankaj Sekhsaria

Flora and fauna of Great Nicobar in great peril

From tropical forests to mangroves, from long-tailed macaque to megapode, it threatens everything.

Ishika Ramakrishna

Allama Iqbal poem in the dock after recital in a Bareilly school

The VHP forced police action against the principal and a teacher for hurting religious sentiments.

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