Curated by Pankaj Sekhsaria (Author and academic working on environment & development, wildlife conservation and issues of the islands for last three decades.)
🗓️ 28th June | 4-6 pm
📍 Jawahar Bhawan, Dr Rajendra Prasad Rd, Opposite Shastri Bhawan, MHRD, Windsor Place, New Delhi
🐢 They are calling it “a sustainable green, global hotspot for business, trade and leisure”. They are advertising it as the “alternative to Hong Kong”. But the ₹75,000 crore Great Nicobar Development Project in reality poses an existential threat to the indigenous communities of the Nicobar Islands and also gravely endangers the ecology. Why is the govt bent upon pumping money into mega projects with no accountability regarding its impacts on environment and people?
⏩ Presentation by Pankaj Sekhsaria followed by Discussion.
🎙️Discussants:
▪️ NANDINI SUNDAR (Professor, Delhi Univ)
▪️ JACOB KOSHY (Deputy Science Editor, The Hindu)
▪️ AMITANSHU VERMA (Centre for Financial Accountability)
Introductory note by Nancy Pathak
Moderated by Anirban Bhattacharya
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🐋 Co-organized by Centre for Financial Accountability, Frontline & LeftWord