This photograph taken on March 26, 2026 shows Kusum Mishra, a settler who migrated with her husband from western India's Maharashtra about five decades ago, sitting outside her residence in Shastri Nagar village on the outskirts of Campbell Bay 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 R. Satish BABU / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH 'India-Nicobar-Politics-Environment-Economy' FOCUS