Watch: Seventy Years After Independence, Railways To Debut In Andaman And Nicobar Islands 

The Narendra Modi government has given a green signal for the laying of a 240km broad-gauge railway line connecting two major population centres in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. This is part of a major infrastructure push for the islands, which have "immense strategic value" according to the local administration. Given the inhospitable terrain of the island chain, the link is expected to run parallel to the coast and will have a number of bridges.