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Bhashan Char Island

  • 21 Oct 2019
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The Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh camps have agreed to move to Bhashan Char Island in the Bay of Bengal.

  • The island is also known as Thengar Char Island.

  • Bhashan Char island was formed about two decades ago on the mouth of river Meghna.
    • The uninhabited island is located around 30 kilometres east of Hatiya island in South-East Bangladesh.
  • Bangladesh wanted to move 100,000 Rohingya refugees to the muddy silt island to take the pressure off the overcrowded border camps.
  • The Bhashan Char falls in an ecologically fragile area prone to floods, erosion and cyclone.
    • Though the Bangladesh government has built a three-metre-high embankment along its perimeter to keep out tidal surges during cyclones.

Source: TH

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