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 of islands experienced a permanent average uplift of four to six feet while most parts of the Nicobars went significantly under - four feet in Car Nicobar and a staggering 15 feet at the southernmost tip - Indira Point on Great Nicobar Island. Surveys by the Zoological Survey of India have reported significant impact on the coral reefs around the Central Nicobar group of islands, including Camorta, Nancowry, Trinket and Katchal.

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Sustaining the Andamans
1 week, 2 days ago

Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Sustaining the Andamans

India Today  

The India Today Conclave served as the platform for unveiling a report titled ‘Towards a Climate Resilient Future: Strategies for Andaman and Nicobar Islands’, published by PwC India. Released by Dr Keshav Chandra, former chief secretary of A&N Islands, the report highlights three key areas: the need to balance development goals with environmental safeguards; essential adaptation and mitigation strategies; and …

Activists alarmed by plans to hand reclusive Indian island tribe voter IDs
2 months, 1 week ago

Activists alarmed by plans to hand reclusive Indian island tribe voter IDs

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Indian government has distributed …

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 …

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 …

A Rs.72,000-crore disaster
2 years, 2 months ago

A Rs.72,000-crore disaster

The Hindu  

Published : Jan 16, 2023 18:31 IST Dear Reader, Ever Googled ‘Nicobar’? Great Nicobar, located on the southern tip of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, is the focus of what is being called a ‘holistic development’ plan. The Rs.72,000 crore project, to be implemented over the next 30 years, has received in-principle environment clearance and it spells doom for this …

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 …

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 …

Financial-tourist complex on Little Andaman | A bullet through an island’s heart
4 years, 1 month ago

Financial-tourist complex on Little Andaman | A bullet through an island’s heart

The Hindu  

A plan for the sustainable and holistic development of the 680 sq km, fragile Little Andaman Island in the Andaman and Nicobar group has raised the alarm among conservationists. The ‘Sustainable Development of Little Andaman Island - Vision Document’, is the NITI Aayog’s proposal to leverage the strategic location and natural features of the island. Zone 1 — spread over …

Modi in Andaman and Nicobar: Govt making efforts to ensure better facilities for Andaman, says PM
6 years, 2 months ago

Modi in Andaman and Nicobar: Govt making efforts to ensure better facilities for Andaman, says PM

India TV News  

Modi in Andaman and Nicobar: Govt making efforts to ensure better facilities for Andaman, says PM The prime minister congratulated the people of Car Nicobar for overcoming the impact of the tsunami which had struck the island in 2004 and assured to provide better facilities to the people in Andamans. Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Andaman and Nicobar Islands to …

Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 jolts Andaman Islands, third in 24 hours
6 years, 8 months ago

Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 jolts Andaman Islands, third in 24 hours

India TV News  

An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter Scale jolted Andaman Islands at 2.05 am on Thursday. Earlier on Wednesday, tremors at two different times were felt in Andaman Islands. Chamba district was hit by a 4.6 magnitude earthquake on June 14, whereas tremors measuring 3.2 on the Richter Scale were felt in Shimla on June 17. A strong magnitude-6.2 earthquake …

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 …

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 5.1 magnitude quake hits Andamans, no Tsunami warning issued
9 years, 10 months ago

Moderate 5.1 magnitude quake hits Andamans, no Tsunami warning issued

Firstpost  

A 5.3 magnitude earthquake hit Andaman Islands on Friday afternoon at 2.28 PM, reports IBM Live. “Earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale has hit Andaman region at 2.29 pm,” an IMD official told IANS. The quake was not that strong that it can cause any damage… It has got nothing to do with Nepal quake, it occurred in an …

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 …

Editors from Andaman discuss priorities and challenges
14 years, 8 months ago

Editors from Andaman discuss priorities and challenges

The Hindu  

Protecting indigenous tribes, preserving the fragile ecology, providing basic amenities such as drinking water and preventing illegal migration and encroachments are some of the main challenges confronting Andaman & Nicobar Islands. In an interaction with journalists at The Hindu on Monday, editors of newspapers and magazines from Andaman & Nicobar listed out the priorities before the administration in the Union …

Earthquake hits Andaman, Orissa
14 years, 11 months ago

Earthquake hits Andaman, Orissa

The Hindu  

An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale shook parts of Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Tuesday night leaving two persons injured but there was no report of any death or damage. The earthquake shook parts of Andaman Islands but no tsunami alert was sounded,” Deputy Commissioner of South Andaman S N Jha told PTI. Chief Secretary Vivek Roy said …

A battered archipelago
20 years, 1 month 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 …

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