Rahul Gandhi just walked through the forest Modi wants to flatten.
Here’s what won’t make it to the press release:
→ Govt told Parliament 8.65 lakh trees would be felled. Scientists say the actual number is 1 CRORE+
→ Adani Group filed an official expression of interest to build the Great Nicobar port
→ ANIIDCO literally self-certified its own environmental clearance; its MD was simultaneously the Environment & Forests Secretary of the islands
→ The Chief Secretary who chairs ANIIDCO’s board was also on the committee investigating complaints against the project
→ Coastal maps were quietly reclassified from CRZ-1A (prohibited) → CRZ-B (permitted) to make the port “legal”; with zero public disclosure of the methodology
→ The Nicobarese tribes withdrew their consent in 2022, citing unsettled forest rights. The project moved forward anyway
This is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Two national parks. The last home of the Shompen people; all 200 of them.
And the government is bulldozing it for a port that Adani wants to run.
Rahul Gandhi is right. This isn’t a project.
It’s a heist in the tricolour’s clothing.
Here’s what won’t make it to the press release:
→ Govt told Parliament 8.65 lakh trees would be felled. Scientists say the actual number is 1 CRORE+
→ Adani Group filed an official expression of interest to build the Great Nicobar port
→ ANIIDCO literally self-certified its own environmental clearance; its MD was simultaneously the Environment & Forests Secretary of the islands
→ The Chief Secretary who chairs ANIIDCO’s board was also on the committee investigating complaints against the project
→ Coastal maps were quietly reclassified from CRZ-1A (prohibited) → CRZ-B (permitted) to make the port “legal”; with zero public disclosure of the methodology
→ The Nicobarese tribes withdrew their consent in 2022, citing unsettled forest rights. The project moved forward anyway
This is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Two national parks. The last home of the Shompen people; all 200 of them.
And the government is bulldozing it for a port that Adani wants to run.
Rahul Gandhi is right. This isn’t a project.
It’s a heist in the tricolour’s clothing.
I travelled through Great Nicobar today.
These are the most extraordinary forests I have ever seen in my life. Trees older than memory. Forests that took generations to grow.
The people on this island are equally beautiful - both the adivasi communities and the settlers - but f what is rightfully theirs.
The government calls what it is doing here a “Project.” What I have seen is not a project. It is millions of trees marked for the axe. It is 160 square kilometres of rainforest condemned to die. It is communities that have been ignored while their homes have been snatched away.
This is not development. This is destruction dressed in development’s language.
So I will say it plainly, and I will keep saying it: what is being done in Great Nicobar is one of the biggest scams and gravest crimes against this country’s natural and tribal heritage in our lifetime.
It must be stopped. And it can be stopped - if Indians choose to see what I have seen.
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Andaman Nicobar land area : 8250 Sq Km
Great Nicobar project : 166 Sq Km
2% land must not be developed otherwise China will be mad - RaGa (Chinese agent)
Truth
Andaman Nicobar land area : 8250 Sq Km
Great Nicobar project : 166 Sq Km
2% land must not be developed otherwise China will be mad - RaGa (Chinese agent)
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@devaang @TheSincereDude Can we distroy all the building in goa and start a project even that is 2% of india
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@notanidealistic @TheSincereDude Yes, if the population is 8K, not close to the project and the project is close to an international shipping chokepoint ! What a dumb question??
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@devaang @TheSincereDude It will help only one company not even for mainland people.
Just tell how will it help mainland people.
Just tell how will it help mainland people.
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