Zero entry to Bhasan Char without prior permission: Govt
The federal government on Wednesday ordered restrictions on entry of outsiders to Bhasan Char for maintaining isolation of the island for Rohingya people.
"Bhasan Char can be an isolated island. You will have no scope for just about any illegal business. We've ordered measures to continue to keep it isolated. Anybody willing to go to it could require taking prior authorization," stated cabinet committee on legislation and order head AKM Mozammel Huq at a press briefing after a gathering at the home ministry on Wednesday.
He said that the police, the Border Safeguard Bangladesh and the Coastline Safeguard were asked to improve surveillance around Bhasan Char where around 18,000 Rohingya refugees were relocated from Cox's Bazar.
"We came to know that many people opened organization in the island. There happen to be frequent movements of different hundred trawlers. It should be stopped," he stated, adding that the authorities will be constructing boundary surfaces on the island and it could require two more weeks to complete the development.
About the recent agitation of Rohingya people in Bhasan Char, he said that they could 've got instigation for raising their demands in presence of the UN delegation.
