Suddenly, the government of India has taken a very keen interest in these far-flung islands.

Also, the authorities must honour the guidelines stipulated in India’s Coastal Regulation Zone which does not permit any construction activity near the shores.

However, it did not happen then as the requisite permission from the Indian Navy could not be obtained due to strategic reasons. After the tsunami, he contacted us and we thought it was imperative for...

The danger is not for the ecology alone, but for the local culture as well because the sex tourism culture of Phuket will be imported here.

If their permanent houses are made of the same material, they will not be able to live in them.

The tsunami has done colossal damage. At the same time the tsunami has also brought in a wonderful opportunity. It has made the administration much more transparent, much more sensitive to the needs of the...

It is good they have finally seen sense in local wisdom, Why should anyone from the mainland come and tell our people what kind of houses they should live in?

We also have plans to set up similar systems in Neil and Havelock islands because the oldest recorded understanding of seismic phenomenon is from these two islands as published in a 1928 study in the...