Great Nicobar project: Congress slams government over attempt to bring private players

The Congress alleges that the Modi government is "bulldozing" through its Great Nicobar project, a plan to develop the Galathea Bay International Container Transshipment Terminal in the Andaman and Nicobar islands. The party claims this move is happening despite mounting evidence of the project's disastrous ecological impacts and without public transparency on national security grounds. Jairam Ramesh, Congress general secretary in-charge communications, argues that the government is attempting to bring private players into the project at a time when it has refused to disclose key details. The allegations come as petitions against the project are pending in the Calcutta High Court and the National Green Tribunal.