New Delhi, May 5 -- As India steps forward as an emerging global power, the Greater Andaman & Nicobar Integrated Development Project has come to symbolise the tension between strategic necessity and environmental responsibility.

Strategic ambition vs domestic dissent

As India seeks to assert itself as a global power, few initiatives capture the collision between strategic ambition and domestic dissent as sharply as the Greater Andaman & Nicobar Integrated Development Project (GANIDP). Announced by the government of Narendra Modi, this Rs.72,000-crore initiative aims to transform the Andaman and Nicobar Islands into a major economic and military hub. Envisioned are a transshipment port, an international airport, power infrastructure, and...