Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner Shah Rezwan Hayat has urged NGOs to encourage Rohingyas to move to Bhasan Char.
He made the call while visiting two Rohingya camps (Camp 21 and 22) at Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar district, said a release here on Friday.
Shadhona Tripura, in-charge of Camp No. 21 and Rahul Chanda, assistant secretary of RRRC’s Office in Cox’s Bazar and executive magistrate, among others, were present during the visit of Hayat.
The RRRC exchanged views with BRAC employees at BRAC’s WASH programme office at Camp No 21 and appreciated different activities taken up under WASH, Shelter and Education Programmes of BRAC.
Speaking on the occasion, Hayat called upon officials of different NGOs to persuade the refugees to go to Bhasan Char.
He said more Rohingyas would be sent to Bhasan Char in September. The UN High Commissioner on Refugee informed that he would formally visit Bhasan Char, he added.
He urged all concerned to take necessary steps so that the local people (host community) can use the compost, which is made of perishable goods at the refugee camps.
Tanmoy Das, coordinator of Camp-21 of BRAC, made a brief presentation on WASH programme while Md Shamim Ahmed, BRAC’s camp assistant technical (shelter) specialist, made another presentation on shelter activities.
Md Afsar Ali, project manager of WASH under Humanitarian Crisis Management Programme (HCMP) of BRAC, Md Abdus Salam, senior branch manager of HCMP’s Palongkhali, and others were also present.
Besides, he planted a sapling of Arabian jasmine flower on the office premises of camp.
