New Delhi, May 10 -- Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has written to the Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupinder Yadav over escalating his criticism of the Great Nicobar Island Development Project, and alleging that environmental clearances were based on "grossly inadequate" studies and that key reports were being kept away from public scrutiny.

Calling the assessment process into question, he said, "These reports are an insult to science and make a mockery of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process," while urging the government to reconsider the project in its present form.

Sharing his letter on X, Ramesh said, "Here is my latest letter to the Union Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate C...