Another 4,000 Rohingyas will be shifted in the fifth phase to Bhasan char island in Noakhali from various camps at Ukhia-Teknaf in Cox's Bazar. The Rohingyas have left Ukhia for Chattogram on Tuesday from where they will start for Bhasan Char today (Wednesday).
They will be relocated from Chattogram to Bhasan char in Noakhali on Wednesday and Thursday under the supervision of the Bangladesh Navy. Earlier, 9,703 Rohingyas were shifted to Bhasan Char from various refugee camps in Cox's Bazar in the fourth phase.
Samchu-Dauja Nayan, Additional Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner said the Rohingyas left Ukhia Degree College campus for Chattogram in 21 buses at 1.15pm on Tuesday.
Samchu-Dauja said at least 4,000 Rohingyas have voluntarily expressed interest in going to Bhasan Char settlement in the fifth phase. They were taken to Chattogram by bus on Tuesday.
They will also be taken on Wednesday.Arrangements will be made to take him to Bhasan char by ship from Boat Club jetties of Potenga area in Chattogram, He said.
The government has built a shelter project for the Rohingyas at a cost of about TK 3,000 crore in Bhasan Char, where at least one lakh Rohingyas can be accommodated.
On Monday, Rohingyas from different camps who are interested to go to Bhasan Char were gathered at Ukhia Degree College ground.
"Extensive security measures have been taken in the area from Ghumdhum Transit Camp to Ukhia Degree College Campus."
The government has taken an initiative to relocate them to Bhasan Char so that they can lead an easy life there getting rid of the miseries of the camp- life.
Although three batches of Rohingya refugees have come to Bhasan Char, international organizations, including the United Nations, which are providing all the basic humanitarian facilities in Cox's Bazar camps, have not started working on Bhasan Char yet.
But a total of 45 local NGOs are working to provide basics including education, school, and recreation.
