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Andaman And Nicobar: Modi Government's Plan For Transshipment Port, Other Infra Projects On Great Nicobar Island Clears First Hurdle


Andaman And Nicobar: Modi Government’s Plan For Transshipment Port, Other Infra Projects On Great Nicobar Island Clears First Hurdle  
by Swarajya Staff - May 11, 2021 10:09 AM
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The transshipment terminal will come up in the Galathea Bay, in the south eastern part of the Great Nicobar island.
The Narendra Modi government’s ambitious plan for a transshipment terminal and other infrastructure projects on the Great Nicobar Island, piloted by the NITI Aayog, has cleared the first major hurdle in its way.
After a series of meetings in March and April, the 15-member Environment Appraisal Committee of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, has “recommended the proposal for grant of Terms of Reference.” ....

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Green panel allows Great Nicobar plan to advance


Green panel allows Great Nicobar plan to advance
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May 10, 2021 09:57 IST
Environment Appraisal Committee which flagged concerns over project has now ‘recommended’ it ‘for grant of terms of reference’ for EIA studies
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A Leatherback turtle on the Galathea Bay nesting beach, Great Nicobar Island. File
 
Environment Appraisal Committee which flagged concerns over project has now ‘recommended’ it ‘for grant of terms of reference’ for EIA studies
The Environment Appraisal Committee (EAC) - Infrastructure I of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has flagged serious concerns about NITI Aayog’s ambitious project for Great Nicobar Island (‘NITI Aayog vision for Great Nicobar ignores tribal, ecological concerns’, ....

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Sea turtles under threat as Indian government weighs development in Andaman Islands


Sea turtles under threat as Indian government weighs development in Andaman Islands
by Rosamma Thomas on 14 April 2021
Little Andaman Island is part of a rainforested archipelago far off India’s eastern coast in the Bay of Bengal.
 
An Indian government think tank has proposed developing the island along with another in the archipelago. If implemented, experts say the plan would pose a threat to nesting sites of leatherback sea turtles, whose population globally is declining.
The leatherback is the largest of all living turtles, and India and Sri Lanka are the only places in South Asia with large nesting populations. ....

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