COX’S BAZAR, Sept 5, 2020 (BSS) – A team of 40 Rohingyas today went
to Bhashan Char island in Hatiya of Noakhali to see the accommodation
facilities built by the government to rehabilitate of one lakh
Rohingyas.
“40 Rohingya leaders from different camps of Cox’s Bazar camps went
to Bhashan Char under the supervision of Bangladesh Army and Navy . .
. they will return to Cox’s Bazar on September 8 after staying there
for three days,” said additional Refugee Rehabilitation and
Repatriation Commissioner (RRRC) Md Shamsuddoza.
He said the 40 Rohingyas from 34 camps were mobilsed at a transit
camp at Kutupalong of Ukhiya last night. Early today, they were taken
to Chattogram and then to Bhashan Char by a Bangladesh Navy ship.
The government has been implementing a project involving Tk 3,500
croe in Bhashan Char to rehabilitate one lakh Rohingyas there.
It built 120 cluster villages on the 40 sqkm island and the houses
have been built four feet above the ground with concrete blocks. The
housing site is protected by a 13 km long flood embankment.
There are also 120 cyclone shelters, which will be used as schools,
medical centres and community centres.