India, Jan. 25 -- The question of who controls which global maritime chokepoints and sea routes has been brought brutally on the table by US President Donald Trump's demand for a handover of Greenland to American control. As Trump hopes to counter China in the northern sea routes, the crisis in the Bay of Bengal is deepening. Even as India moves ahead with its big Andaman and Nicobar development projects (especially the Great Nicobar Island project), the noise against the project from assorted activists, environmentalists, and even major political players is increasingly reminiscent of the clamour nearly three decades ago against India's nuclear programme.

STRATEGIC ARCHITECTURE OF GREAT NICOBAR PROJECT

The Great Nicobar Island (GNI) pr...