These warnings are carefully documented in Island on Edge: The Great Nicobar Crisis, a collection of essays edited by Pankaj Sekhsaria and published in 2025. The Great Nicobar project should be recognised for its potentially catastrophic impact on the Shompen population. The Great Nicobar project is not merely ecologically destructive or culturally erosive; geologically, it courts catastrophe. Much like the Great Nicobar port today, that project was pushed through despite expert objections. By replicating this pattern, the NGT’s decision on the Great Nicobar Infrastructure Project does not merely endorse one such case.

Source: The Hindu February 20, 2026 16:34 UTC