India’s US$9 billion island megaport sharpens China’s ‘Malacca dilemma’

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India is investing US$9 billion in a large island megaport development on Great Nicobar, aiming to establish a major transport hub with a transshipment port, international airport, and logistical facilities. The project will significantly enhance India's strategic infrastructure.

On Great Nicobar, a remote island located closer to Indonesia than mainland India, New Delhi is embarking on one of its biggest developments in decades. The US$9 billion project is intended to transform the country’s southernmost tip into a major transport hub comprising a transhipment port, an international airport and associated logistical facilities. Spread across 166 sq km (64 square miles), the project in India’s Andaman and Nicobar archipelago is slated for completion over three decades,...