The Great Nicobar development project: 166.10 sq km, a transshipment terminal and an international airport
Background
The Government of India describes the Great Nicobar project as covering 166.10 sq km, made up of 35.35 sq km of revenue land and 130.75 sq km of forest land.
Its components are an International Container Transshipment Terminal of 14.2 million TEU capacity, a greenfield international airport designed for 4,000 peak hour passengers, a gas and solar based power plant of 450 MVA, and a township.
The project is to be implemented in three phases spread over 2025 to 2047.
It has prior Environmental Clearance under the Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 2006, with 42 specific conditions covering air, water, noise, waste management, marine ecology, human health and disaster management.
It has also been cleared under the Island Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, 2019.
In plain words
TEU Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit — The standard measure of container ship and port capacity, equal to one twenty-foot container.
ICRZ Island Coastal Regulation Zone — The notification that regulates construction and activity along the coasts of the Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep islands.