The Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration made a false representation to the Centre claiming that rights of the tribal people under the Forest Rights Act, 2006, had been “identified and settled”, which eventually led to forest clearances being granted for the ₹72,000-crore mega infrastructure project on the Great Nicobar Islands, the Tribal Council of Little Nicobar and Great Nicobar has said in a complaint to the Minister of Tribal Affairs, Jual Oram.
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