'Death Knell for Shompen People': Genocide Experts Urge President to Stop Great Nicobar Mega Project

By changing the demography and allowing the population on the island to surge by 8,000%, the experts say, the proposal could prove detrimental to the Shompen people, who have lived on the island for thousands of years largely without contact with outsiders.

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'Death Knell for Shompen People': Genocide Experts Urge President to Stop Great Nicobar Mega Project

By changing the demography and allowing the population on the island to surge by 8,000%, the experts say, the proposal could prove detrimental to the Shompen people, who have lived on the island for thousands of years largely without contact with outsiders.

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‘Pristine habitat’: 87 ex-bureaucrats ask President Droupadi Murmu to halt Great Nicobar project

The project involves the construction of a Rs 35,000-crore trans-shipment port, an international airport, a power plant, a township and tourism infrastructure.

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‘Pristine habitat’: 87 ex-bureaucrats ask President Droupadi Murmu to halt Great Nicobar project

The project involves the construction of a Rs 35,000-crore trans-shipment port, an international airport, a power plant, a township and tourism infrastructure.

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