BHASHAN CHAR ISALND
- December 13, 2020
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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Subject: International Relations
Context: United Nations (UN) human rights investigator had requested Bangladesh to allow a safety assessment of the remote islet of Bhashan Char, where the government had shipped 1,600-odd Rohingya refugees.
Concept:
- 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 Hatiyaisland in South-East Bangladesh.
- Bangladesh wants 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.