New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday accused the Centre of "bulldozing through" the Rs 92,000-crore Great Nicobar Island project and questioned its move to seek a stay from the Supreme Court on proceedings pending before the Calcutta High Court.

In a post on X, Ramesh alleged that environmental and forest-related approvals for the project were "deeply flawed" and claimed that the impact assessment reports were of "dubious value".

"The Modi Govt has been bulldozing through the Rs 92,000 crore (revised upward from the earlier Rs72,000 crore) Great Nicobar Island Project. The various approvals under environment and forest laws have been deeply flawed and the impact assessment reports have been pre-fixed and are...