Rohingya relocation to Bhasan Char to start any time

Staff Correspondent: The process to relocate Rohingya refugees to the Bhasan Char island from camps in Cox’s Bazar will kick off any time.

Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque disclosed this after a meeting of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law and Order Situation at the Secretariat on Wednesday.

By the government’s plan, 103,200 Rohingyas out of more than a million currently sheltered in the cramped camps of Cox's Bazar will be moved to Bhashan Char under a project with an estimated cost of over Tk 2,312 crore.
The project is being implemented by the Bangladesh Navy.

Bhashan Char, also known as Thengar Char, is located 21 nautical miles from Noakhali, 11 nautical miles from Jahajir Char, 4.2 nautical miles from Sandwip, 28 nautical miles from Patenga, and 13.2 nautical miles from Hatia.

The only mode of commute for residents of Bhasan Char, located 30km away from the mainland, will be vessels that take three to three-and-a-half hours to travel from Hatia.


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