Bhasan Char (Bengali: ভাসান চর), also known as Char Piya, is an island in Hatiya Upazila, Bangladesh. It is located in the Bay of Bengal, 37 miles from the coast. The island was formed with Himalayan silt in 2006. It spans 40 square kilometres (15 sq mi; 4,000 ha).
In December 2017, the Bangladeshi government inaugurated the project that cost of Tk 2,312 crore (more than 275 million US dollar) to relocate one hundred Rohingyas from Cox’s Bazar to Bhashan Char.
There are many possible ways of earning such as fishing, poultry farming, sheep and cattle rearing, cultivation of rice and vegetables, carpentry, handicrafts, tailoring and providing different community services.
The government has also promised to provide higher education facilities.
Fact Sheet
| Plots | 120 |
| Cyclone centre | 120 |
| Building | 1440 |
| Lights | 52000 |
| Solar-powered street lights | 1000 |
| Water Source: Many ponds and rainwater harvesting facilities | each 5,461 square feet |
| Internal Roads | 42 Km |
| Transportation | Human haulers & battery-run rickshaws |
| The mobile phone network | Grameenphone and Robi |
| Fire station | 1 |
| Each building will house | 64 persons or 16 family |
| Each block | 768 persons |
| Each Room has | four steel-made beds, a ceiling fan and a light |
| Every 16 families have to share | 2 kitchens with 8 cooking stoves |
| Each building has | 6 toilets and 4 bathrooms |
| No of large lakes | 2 |
| Cyclone centres capacity | 1,000 people and 200 cattle |
| Hospital | 2 Shelter centre |
| Community clinics | 4 Shelter centre |
| law enforcement authorities | 2 Shelter centre |
| UN representatives, RRRC | 2 Shelter centre |
| Mosques | 3 Shelter centre |
| Super shop | 1 Shelter centre |
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