批评者说,印度政府重新绘制Great Nicobar地图,绕过环境规则,用于重大发展项目。 India's government redrawn Great Nicobar maps to bypass environmental rules for a major development project, critics say.

国会领袖Jairam Ramesh指控莫迪政府在2020年至2021年期间更改大尼科巴尔岛的官方地图,以取消珊瑚礁名称和重新划分敏感沿海地区,从而使大尼科巴尔基础设施项目得以实施。 Congress leader Jairam Ramesh accused the Modi government of altering official maps of Great Nicobar Island between 2020 and 2021 to remove coral reef designations and reclassify sensitive coastal areas, enabling the Great Nicobar Infrastructure Project. 他声称,这些变化使珊瑚礁转向生物上难以相信的中海位置,并将CRZ-IA的保护从Galathea湾移走,这些变化不是生态方面的最新情况,而是规避环境条例、促进发展和战略利益的官僚花招。 He claimed the changes, which shifted reefs to biologically implausible mid-sea locations and removed CRZ-IA protections from Galathea Bay, were not ecological updates but bureaucratic maneuvers to bypass environmental regulations and advance development and strategic interests. 政府坚持其决定是基于环境评估和国家安全需要作出的。 The government maintains its decisions were based on environmental assessments and national security needs.