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  • It's one of the world's most isolated islands. Here come the bulldozers

    06/07/2026 6:08:45 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 29 replies
    NPR ^ | June 7, 2026 | Omkar Khandekar , Leesha K Nair
    The Great Nicobar Island is part of an archipelago that lies deep in the Indian Ocean. It's governed by India but is so distant that it takes a flight from the mainland and a 30-hour ferry ride to arrive. The upcoming Great Nicobar Project is set to transform this sleepy island into a bustling township over the next three decades. Once complete, the island will have a civilian and military airport, a transshipment port that caters to container ships, a power plant and a new town equipped to host a million tourists a year... In a press release in May,...