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Women workers (wearing sarees) labour on a dam project in the rain forests of the Andaman Islands, India. Seen here are the policeman supervising the villagers as they work at a construction site for Sonapahar Dam or Sonapaharnalla or Sona Pahar Naala Water Supply Scheme in Andamans and Nicobar Islands, India. Foundation stone was laid by Sri. A. P. Abdulla Kutty, Councellor (Public Works) on March 3rd 1988. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are a group of islands at the juncture of the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea, and are a Union Territory of India. The territory is 150 km (93 mi) north of Aceh in Indonesia and separated from Thailand and Burma by the Andaman Sea. It comprises two island groups, the Andaman Islands and the Nicobar Islands, separated by the 10° N parallel, with the Andaman