Tarun Karthick

Sri Vijaya Puram, 09 November 2025

As the multi-billion-rupee Great Nicobar Island Project gains momentum, the Ex-Servicemen Settler Families of Great Nicobar Island — many of whom have lived on the island for over five decades — have raised several key demands regarding transparency, rehabilitation, and fairness in the process of land acquisition.

These families were originally settled in Great Nicobar under the Ex-Servicemen Rehabilitation Scheme from the year 1969 , a national initiative launched to secure India’s southernmost frontier by encouraging retired defence personnel and their families to make the island their permanent home. Over the years, these settlers have built self-sustaining communities, contributing significantly to local governance, security, and

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