Anger flares over tourism hub plans for India’s paradise islands
Islanders in remote archipelago fear they could lose everything
08 June 2021 - 08:30
Chennai — With palm-fringed beaches, turquoise seas and coral reefs, it is easy to see the appeal of India’s Lakshadweep islands. But as the government pushes plans to develop the remote archipelago as a tourist hub, some islanders fear they could lose everything.
Anger has erupted over proposals that could give officials powers to remove or relocate residents to make way for tourism, luxury housing and deep-sea mining projects in the islands, which lie 500km off India’s southwestern coast...
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