Nearly 9.6 Lakh Trees To Be Felled for Great Nicobar Island Project, Govt Tells Lok Sabha As MPs Raise Concerns

Nearly 9.6 Lakh Trees To Be Felled for Great Nicobar Island Project, Govt Tells Lok Sabha As MPs Raise Concerns

The huge infrastructure project worth Rs 72,000 crore was given a go-ahead by the government in October 2022 and involves diversion of nearly 130.75 Sq. km of forest land in the ecologically-fragile Great Nicobar Island.