UN urges India to suspend controversial mega-project on Great Nicobar Island
The planned $10billion project will include a mega-port, an international airport and 650,000 settlers – but could devastate 300 uncontacted Indigenous people The UN has called upon India to suspend construction of a mega-project on an island off the nation that could devastate around 300 uncontacted Indigenous people who currently…
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UN urges India to suspend controversial mega-project on Great Nicobar Island
The planned $10billion project will include a mega-port, an international airport and 650,000 settlers – but could devastate 300 uncontacted Indigenous people The UN has called upon India to suspend construction of a mega-project on an island off the nation that could devastate around 300 uncontacted Indigenous people who currently live there. The proposed $10billion project is expected to take until 2047 and will include a mega-port, a new city…
