India’s huge new megaport off Southeast Asia gets green go-ahead
South China Morning Post
by Agence France-PresseFebruary 17, 2026
India’s environmental court has given the go-ahead to the strategically significant Great Nicobar infrastructure project despite widespread concerns of ecological damage to the island in the Andaman Sea.
The National Green Tribunal on Monday dismissed a batch of petitions objecting to the megaproject on ecologically sensitive Great Nicobar island – around 160km (100 miles) northwest of Indonesia’s Aceh province – saying “adequate safeguards” had been taken into account.
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Originally published on South China Morning Post on 2/17/2026