Jairam Ramesh alleged that the transshipment port on Galathea Bay in Great Nicobar Island would lead to large-scale ecological damage. According to Gdelt, Ramesh questioned the implementation and transparency of the Great Nicobar Project, which involves the construction of an international airport, a trans-shipment port, and a township. Ramesh also stated that nowhere in the world has relocation on such a scale proposed as a mitigation measure worked, according to Gdelt. He said scientists should have the courage of their conviction—not of their political bosses bulldozing this project through, according to Gdelt. The Great Nicobar Island is part of the Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO-recognized biosphere reserve.