Air view of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Photo Credit: Getty Images/Istockphoto
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday (August 23, 2025) claimed that the Mega Infrastructure project on the Great Island of Nicobar was “simply bulated” and added that “it was undoubtedly the ecological disaster of Maha”.
The Secretary General of the Congress responsible for Communication, these notes shared the Hindu report on the tribal council on the islands of Nicobar, who complained the Minister of Major Affairs. Administration Andaman and Nicobar Islands Administration “False” announced the center that the rights of the tribes under the Forest Rights Act (FRA) were “identified and settled”, the Council said.
Nicobar Mega infrastructure project is undoubtedly an ecological disaster Maha. I had exchanges with the Minister for the Environment and Forests of the Union (accessible on this link – https://t.co/5j2qfscpja) But the foolish march continues.
Now comes …
– Jairam Ramesh (@jairam_ramesh) August 23, 2025
On Saturday in the social media post, Mr. Ramesh mentioned the report and said that there is now “new evidence” about the administration that false on the islands, and obtaining forest land for a project that includes a translation port, airport, city district and power plant.
On Saturday, the Hindu reported that the tribal council wrote a new letter to the Minister of tribal matters to Jual Oram on the demands of the Union administration to resolve forest rights of the tribe of the tribe. In the 2022 certificate for the departure of forest land within FRA Administration, the Administration claimed that all FRA rights were resolved and obtained for diversion. In its letter, the tribal council told Mr. Oram that neither forest rights within the FRA were launched nor were nor obtained legally.
This happened, although the administration told the Government of the Union in the monthly reports of FRA that they do not have to apply the law to the islands, because forests that have already been protected under the Act on the Protection of the Acopping tribes of 1956.
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Published – August 23 2025 9:21 is
