The government will decide how many tourists will be able to register online

At a seminar of the Department of Environment in Cox’s Bazar, the representatives of the civil society have put forward a recommendation to the interim government to decide on the prohibition of overnight stay of tourists in St. Martin, an atoll island known for its biodiversity. At the same time, he said to evict the illegal structures including hotels and motels built there.

Abdul Hamid, chief guest of the seminar and Director General of the Department of Environment assured to review the recommendations and take a decision. He said that the government will determine how many tourists can visit the island through the online registration process.

The Director General of the Department of Environment presided over a seminar on stopping the use of ‘single use’ plastic in the island of St. Martin at the conference room of the city’s tourism motel Shaibal on Thursday afternoon. The seminar was organized by the Department of Environment in collaboration with the private development organization UNIDO.

Unidor Bangladesh Head Zaki Uzzaman, Additional District Magistrate of Cox’s Bazar Ataul Gani Osmani, National Project Director of Integrated Approach to Sustainable Plastic Use and Prevention of Marine Litter in Bangladesh Abdullah Al Mamun, Director of Cox’s Bazar Environment Directorate Md. Soleman Haider, Masood Iqbal. Shamim, environmentalist organization Dharitri Raksha Amara, President of Cox’s Bazar Fazlul Quader Chowdhury, Divisional Forest Officer of Cox’s Bazar South Forest Division. Sarwar Alam, UNDP Head of Experimentation Ramiz Uddin, Bangladesh Environment Movement (Bapa) Cox’s Bazar President HM Ershad, Cox’s Bazar Forest and Environment Conservation Council President Deepak Sharma, Yes Cox’s Bazar Chief Executive Ibrahim Khalil, Cox’s Bazar Environment Directorate Deputy Director Zamir Uddin and others.

Fazlul Quader Chowdhury said, ‘Virtually nothing is being done to protect the environment of St. Martin. On the contrary, hotels and resorts are being built illegally all over the island. More than two hundred hotels and cottages have been built on the island without environmental clearance. Evacuation of these illegal structures is necessary. Besides, limiting the travel of tourists there will have a negative impact on the tourism industry. Stop tourist overnight stays in St. Martin without restricting tourists.’

Ibrahim Khalil said that there is a High Court directive to evict illegal hotels in St. Martin. These are made by taking the natural stones of the island. still happening Plastic is often used on tourist ships.