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Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday cast doubt on the government’s claims that the Great Nicobar infrastructure project would not displace any local tribes, questioning the need for a draft “Comprehensive Tribal Welfare Plan” if tribal communities were indeed unaffected. Citing a report, he said the Andaman and Nicobar administration has prepared a draft plan to “relocate” Nicobarese families affected by the project. “The bulldozer moves on unmindful of the concerns of the local communities,” he said on X. “But there is a fundamental contradiction here: the Modi Government claims that
Source: business-standard
Original publication date: 2026-04-04 08:46:06
