India Starts Construction of $9 Billion Strategic Port, Airport and Naval Base on Great Nicobar Island
@AFP reported that bulldozers have started clearing forests on Great Nicobar island as India advances a $9 billion infrastructure project that includes a naval base.
indiatoday.intoday.inBulldozers have begun clearing forests on Great Nicobar island for a $9 billion project that will include a megaport, airport, city development and naval facilities. The work is underway on terrain that is home to one of Earth's most isolated populations. The project is intended to give India a naval presence closer to Southeast Asia than its mainland bases allow.
New Delhi has framed the development as a counter to Chinese infrastructure investments across the Indian Ocean. The island lies in the Andaman and Nicobar chain in the eastern Indian Ocean. Construction plans call for simultaneous development of civilian and military infrastructure on the same site.
@AFP reported that the forest clearing is the first visible stage of the multi-year effort. No timeline for completion of the port or naval facilities was provided in the reporting.
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