This aerial photograph taken on March 28, 2026 shows a watchtower surrounded by a dense tree cover at the Campbell Bay National Park in Great Nicobar Island. On a remote island in the Andaman Sea, bulldozers are tearing into pristine forests home to one of Earth's most isolated people -- part of India's ambition for a $9 billion megaport, airport and city. Designed to rival China's investments around the Indian Ocean, New Delhi's colossal project will be built on Great Nicobar Island, a site offering a naval presence far closer to Southeast Asia than India's mainland. (Photo by Shubham KOUL / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH 'India-Nicobar-Politics-Environment-Economy' FOCUS