A battered archipelago
20 years, 2 months ago

A battered archipelago

The Hindu  

In the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the giant waves cause not only death and destruction but changes in the geography. Unlike mainland India, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands did not have sufficient breathing time between the earthquake and the tsunami. The defence services were quick to react, with the Coast Guard beginning search-and-rescue operations and the Navy sending its biggest ships to the farthest islands in the Nicobar group following the first reports of casualties. A homoeopathy doctor, Bindu Kumar, established a video satellite link with Port Blair and provided telemedicine treatment to the affected people in Car Nicobar through hospitals in Port Blair and Chennai. Now, even if the waters recede, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands will for a long time be associated with the death and destruction brought by the killer waves.

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The Aftermath of the Indian Ocean Tsunami: Nicobarese Fight to Preserve Identity Amidst Cultural Disruption
2 months, 3 weeks ago

The Aftermath of the Indian Ocean Tsunami: Nicobarese Fight to Preserve Identity Amidst Cultural Disruption

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 28, 2024 14:47 IST - 15 MINS READ One sweltering summer morning in 2014, an old dinghy ferried me and my Nicobarese friends to the forested edge of Kamorta Island in the central Nicobar archipelago. “But the rogue robbed the villages and vanished.” In stages, 7,001 permanent houses, known as tsunami shelters, were built across the Nicobar …

What is the scale of environmental risks and biodiversity losses linked to the Great Nicobar mega-project? | In Focus podcast
3 months, 1 week ago

What is the scale of environmental risks and biodiversity losses linked to the Great Nicobar mega-project? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

The Great Nicober Island is the southernmost island in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago in the Bay of Bengal. The island is located on a seismically high-volatile zone, and experiences on an average one earth quake a week, of varying magnitude. The project plan, piloted by the Niti Aayog, includes a ₹40,000 crore International Container Trans-shipment Terminal, a greenfield international …

Andaman and Nicobar welcomes tourists with extended beach hours, access to uninhabited islands
1 year, 2 months ago

Andaman and Nicobar welcomes tourists with extended beach hours, access to uninhabited islands

Hindustan Times  

The Andaman and Nicobar administration has taken numerous initiatives to attract more tourists to the archipelago, including granting access to uninhabited islands, allowing beaches to remain open till late night and reaching out to more airline operators, a top official said. Andaman and Nicobar welcomes tourists with extended beach hours, access to uninhabited islands Speaking to PTI, Chief Secretary Keshav …

Environment | How a conservation-development clash chokes India’s Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep archipelagos
1 year, 8 months ago

Environment | How a conservation-development clash chokes India’s Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep archipelagos

The Hindu  

Published : Jul 21, 2023 17:30 IST - 5 MINS READ India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep, two environmentally sensitive archipelagos, have been at the centre of recent controversies. On the other hand, the Great Nicobar project in Andaman and Nicobar has sparked renewed debate about the islands’ future in view of the suggested development plans. Highlights In Lakshadweep, …

Why are some islands in India sinking?
2 years ago

Why are some islands in India sinking?

The Hindu  

India has a fragile network of over 1,382 islands. However, several of these islands are under threat due to unseasonal cyclonic storms, sea erosion and new development projects. Vaan island Vaan Island is located 6 kms from Thoothukudi coast, Tamil Nadu. Erosion continues on the north and northeast areas of the island, and villagers fear that the island will sink …

INTERVIEW | Ritwick Dutta: ‘Limited intervention was in the best interest of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands’
2 years, 2 months ago

INTERVIEW | Ritwick Dutta: ‘Limited intervention was in the best interest of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands’

The Hindu  

Published : Jan 12, 2023 10:30 IST Ritwick Dutta, an award-winning lawyer specialising in environmental issues, is also an activist, author, and educator. Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment, the environmental law advocacy group co-founded by him, received the Right Livelihood Award in 2021 for its “grassroots approach of empowering vulnerable communities to protect their livelihoods and claim their right …

GUEST COLUMN | The Andaman and Nicobar Islands need development but not at the cost of its unique ecology and people
2 years, 2 months ago

GUEST COLUMN | The Andaman and Nicobar Islands need development but not at the cost of its unique ecology and people

The Hindu  

Published : Jan 12, 2023 10:30 IST The Andaman and Nicobar islands are one of India’s key assets both in terms of strategic location and natural bounties. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands constitute just 0.2 per cent of India’s landmass but account for 30 per cent of the country’s 200-nautical-mile Exclusive Economic Zone. In my understanding, the Andaman and Nicobar …

Massive infrastructure project proposed by Central government threatens Great Nicobar Island
2 years, 5 months ago

Massive infrastructure project proposed by Central government threatens Great Nicobar Island

The Hindu  

Published : Oct 20, 2022 10:20 IST At the southernmost extent of India, off the eastern coast, Great Nicobar Island is a tropical oasis in the Andaman Sea. Protected status stripped Last year, large swathes of land and coastal area, including portions of the Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve and Galathea Bay, were stripped of their protected status to make way …

Earthquake of magnitude 4.3 hits Andaman and Nicobar islands
3 years ago

Earthquake of magnitude 4.3 hits Andaman and Nicobar islands

India Today  

An earthquake struck Andaman and Nicobar islands around 3.25 am on Monday. Earthquake of Magnitude:4.3, Occurred on 21-03-2022, 03:25:07 IST, Lat: 15.66 & Long: 92.30, Depth: 39 Km,Location: 276km NNW of Diglipur, Andaman and Nicobar island, India for more information download the BhooKamp App https://t.co/vbyLuI3ha7@Indiametdept @ndmaindia pic.twitter.com/vAqZL9yc78 — National Center for Seismology March 20, 2022 The tremors were felt near …

Andaman crisis
7 years, 10 months ago

Andaman crisis

The Hindu  

INDIA was colonised once, but the Andaman and Nicobar Islands were colonised twice and continue to be colonised even now. The book, which consolidates his experience as a researcher-journalist writing about the Andaman and Nicobar Islands for more than two decades, is a compilation of 25 analytical features he has written since the 1990s in various publications, including Frontline, The …

Tourists still stuck in Andaman and Nicobar Islands
8 years, 3 months ago

Tourists still stuck in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

India Today  

It's yet another crucial day for Andaman and Nicobar Islands as the cyclonic storm Vardah has just intensified. Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Jagdish Mukhi has been holding a series of meetings with the administration, tour operators, hotel associations and senior officials also. The MeT depatment has predicted heavy rainfall and winds at the speed of 50 km per …

Eight quakes jolt Andaman &Nicobar
9 years, 4 months ago

Eight quakes jolt Andaman &Nicobar

The Hindu  

Eight earthquakes, including two major ones, struck the Andaman and Nicobar islands in a span of eight hours on Sunday, with each measuring around five or more on the Richter Scale, but there was no tsunami alert. Another earthquake, not far from the archipelago, hit the North Sumatra island in Indonesia, measuring 5.7 on the Richter Scale at 3.04 p.m. …

Earthquake in Andaman and Nicobar, no danger of tsunami, say experts | IndiaTV News
9 years, 10 months ago

Earthquake in Andaman and Nicobar, no danger of tsunami, say experts | IndiaTV News

India TV News  

Port Blair: An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale hit the Andaman and Nicobar Islands this afternoon at 2.30 pm. A massive quake in the Indian Ocean in 2004 caused a tsunami that killed some 228,000 people, the majority in the Indonesian province of Aceh on the northern tip of Sumatra island. In 2012, a few thousand people were …

Moderate intensity quake hits Andaman and Nicobar Islands
9 years, 10 months ago

Moderate intensity quake hits Andaman and Nicobar Islands

The Hindu  

An earthquake of moderate intensity hit Andaman Islands on Friday afternoon, authorities of the Indian Meteorological Department said in Kolkata. ‘No link between Nepal and Andaman’ Y. Mallikarjun reports from Hyderabad: There is no connection between the Nepal earthquake and the temblor which hit Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Seismologists at the CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute described it as an “isolated …

Tilt and turmoil in the Andamans
18 years, 7 months ago

Tilt and turmoil in the Andamans

The Hindu  

The earthquake and tsunami of December 2004 caused huge changes in the coastal systems of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Among the worst hit areas in India were the fragile Andaman and Nicobar Islands, particularly the southern group of the Nicobars. Assessments done by Dr. Roger Bilham of the University of Colorado indicate that the northern parts of the Andaman group …

Andamans' agony
20 years, 2 months ago

Andamans' agony

The Hindu  

AS the crow flies, Great Nicobar, the southern-most island in the Andaman and Nicobar group, is only about 150 km from Aceh in Sumatra, the epicentre of the devastating earthquake. After the first shock of a magnitude of 8.9 on the Richter scale hit Aceh at 6-30 a.m. IST, a second one, measuring 7.3, occurred at around 9 a.m. with …

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