“Right Word | Great Nicobar: Understanding India’s Most Strategic Infrastructure Project”, News 18, July 06, 2026
“The Great Nicobar Holistic Development Project has recently become the subject of political debate after Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi raised concerns over its environmental impact and implications for tribal communities.
While these concerns deserve careful consideration, the strategic rationale underpinning the project has received comparatively little attention. Any meaningful assessment must examine both dimensions because Great Nicobar is not simply another infrastructure project-it occupies one of the most strategically significant locations in the Indo-Pacific.
The name of the project is “Holistic Development of Great Nicobar Island”. It is located on Great Nicobar, the southernmost island of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, a Union Territory of India. The implementing agency is the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Integrated Development Corporation (ANIIDCO). Its estimated cost is approximately Rs 81,000 crore, revised from the initial Rs 72,000 crore. The implementation horizon is approximately 30 years, to be executed in phases……”
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