Bhashan Char Island

Key Facts

The Bangladesh Authorities recently moved around 1,750 Rohingya Muslims to a controversial island in the Bay of Bengal called the “Bhashan Char Island”.

About Bhashan Char

The island is also known as Char Piya. It is in Hatiya Upazila, Bangladesh.
The island is located in the Bay of Bengal about 6 kilometres from Sandwip island.

How the island was formed?

The island was formed in the year 2006 by Himalayan silt.

A recent development by Bangladesh on Island

The Government of Bangladesh has planned to construct 1,440 buildings on the island & cyclone shelters.
The buildings were constructed with the objective of relocating the 100,000 Rohingya refugees from the mainland camps of Cox’s Bazar.
Recently, in August 2019, Ashrayan Project (Ashrayan-3) was expanded to build 100,000 homes on the island.

Cox’s Bazar

It is a city, fishing port, tourism centre and district headquarters of southern Bangladesh. This city is famous for its long natural sandy beaches. It is also known as the Pandora.

Rohingya people

They are a stateless Indo-Aryan ethnic group that follows Islam. They reside in the Rakhine State of Myanmar.
They are called as the most persecuted minorities in the world.

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