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Rohingya leaders will return to Cox’s Bazar refugee camp on Tuesday (September 8) to see if Hatiyar Bhasanchar in Noakhali is suitable for habitation. Upon arriving at the camp, they will explain to the refugees the various aspects of housing management in Bhasanchar and work to get at least some Rohingya families from each camp there.
Teknaf’s Shalban Rohingya leader Hefzur Rahman said this on his mobile phone when asked about Bhasanchar on Monday (September 6) evening.
He said: ‘On the second day of Monday, I visited the cattle, goat and chicken farms in Bhasanchar from 9 am to 12 noon. Also, I have seen the way the dam around Bhasanchar has been built on foot. All in all, looking around Bhasanchar in two days, it appears that the infrastructure built by the government for the Rohingya there is strong and very beautiful. All the Rohingya leaders who visited here liked this approach. It also has all the basic necessities of life. Which was unthinkable before coming here.
Rohingya leaders who visited Bhasanchar said: ‘On Tuesday morning, everyone will leave Bhasanchar for the camp at Cox’s Bazar. So on Monday night the officers took them to a room and gave them a short briefing. There, they are told to accurately present what they see in Bhasanchar to the Rohingyas in their respective camps. Someone is also instructed not to submit any misleading information. In the end, gifts were given to each of them.
Meanwhile, the government took the initiative as part of sending at least one lakh of Rohingya refugees from overcrowded refugee camps to the island, which has risen at the mouth of the Meghna River and the Bay of Bengal. That is why the government brought a group of Rohingya leaders from Teknaf to Bhasanchar last Saturday with the mediation of the army. The delegation arrived in Bhasanchar via Chittagong around 5 pm on Saturday. They were informed about the arrangements made at Bhasanchar. Then they were shown the entire infrastructure of the housing project for two days (Sunday and Monday). At that time, officials from the Navy, the police and the RRRC office were present with them.
Another Rohingya leader on a mobile phone from Bhasanchar. Mostafa Kamal said: ‘We have seen the infrastructure in Bhasanchar in two days. Returning from here on Tuesday, the Rohingya in the camp will be briefed on the infrastructure and beautiful surroundings there. But we will try to make sure that at least some families go voluntarily from all the camps. Rohingya leaders have visited fish warehouses, including food warehouses, shelters, shelters, mosques, health centers, schools, playgrounds and cemeteries. Also, they were fascinated to see different types of keora orchards and gardens by the sea.
Additional Refugee Aid and Repatriation Commissioner (RRRC) Mohammad Samsuddauja Nayan said: “A delegation of Rohingya will return from Bhasanchar on Tuesday. They will then arrive at their respective camps and share with the Rohingya what they have seen in Bhasanchar. We believe that the Rohingya leaders will succeed in persuading them to go to Bhasanchar.
In this regard, Hatiyar (Circle) Police Assistant Superintendent Golam Farooq said that on the second day, from 9 am to 12 noon Monday, Rohingya representatives visited Bhasanchar. They will leave Bhasanchar for Cox’s Bazar camp on Tuesday morning.
“Arrangements have been made to reach their respective camps,” said Major Omar Farooq, a spokesman for the army’s Ramu-10 Infantry Division.
The government has implemented a shelter project in Bhasanchar at a cost of Tk 2,312 crore of its own funds for the relocation of the Rohingya. In order to protect an area of 40 square kilometers from tides and storm surges, 13 km long dams and the infrastructure of 120 cluster villages suitable for one lakh of Rohingya have been built. At a meeting of the National Economic Council in December last year, the cost of the project for Bhasanchar was increased by Tk 63 crore to Tk 3,095 crore. The extra money will be used to increase the height of the dam from 10 feet to 19 feet, increase other facilities and construct a building and a pier for the UN delegation, officials said.
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