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flag India's government redrawn Great Nicobar maps to bypass environmental rules for a major development project, critics say.

flag Congress leader Jairam Ramesh accused the Modi government of altering official maps of Great Nicobar Island between 2020 and 2021 to remove coral reef designations and reclassify sensitive coastal areas, enabling the Great Nicobar Infrastructure Project. flag He claimed the changes, which shifted reefs to biologically implausible mid-sea locations and removed CRZ-IA protections from Galathea Bay, were not ecological updates but bureaucratic maneuvers to bypass environmental regulations and advance development and strategic interests. flag The government maintains its decisions were based on environmental assessments and national security needs.

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