The administration has indefinitely discouraged Sajek travel
October 3, 20242 Mins Read
Jumbangla Desk: Considering the overall environment and law and order situation, the district administration has discouraged tourists from traveling to Saje in the state of Megh for an indefinite period.
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Rangamati Additional District Magistrate today Thursday (October 3). This information was given in the notification signed by Saiful Islam.
Additional Deputy Commissioner of Rangamati. According to the notification signed by Saiful Islam, taking into account the overall law and order situation in Sajek and its surrounding areas of Baghaichhari Upazila of Rangamati district and the safety of tourists in these areas, tourists are discouraged from traveling to Sajek tourist center from October 4 until further notice.
Thousands of tourists travel to Sajek every Friday and Saturday during this tourist season. Due to this disincentive, tourism traders are facing losses.
Baghaichhari Upazila Executive Officer (UNO) Shireen Akter confirmed the matter in the evening. He said, considering the law and order situation in Sajek and surrounding areas of Baghaichhari Upazila and the safety of tourists, travel to Sajek is being discouraged indefinitely.
UNO also said that if the situation is normal, tourists will be able to travel as before.
Rangamati Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Mosharf Hossain Khan said that since tourists travel to Sajek via Khagrachari. And considering the overall situation of Khagrachari at the moment, tourists are being discouraged from traveling.
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Incidentally, recently, due to violence in the mountains, around 1,500 tourists were trapped for 4 days from September 20 to September 23. At that time there was water and food shortage in Sajek. On September 24, tourists returned to Khagrachari town with the help of the army. On that day, in a law and order meeting in Rangamati, Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain Khan Sajek extended the deadline for tourist travel in the first phase of 3 days and then in two phases till Oc
