Jumbangla Desk: The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has said that no decision has been taken to register to go to Saint Martin. Meanwhile, the only coral island in the country, Saint Martin, cannot be visited without a resident. Even island tours are closed. BBC news.

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Residents of the island say that even their relatives are unable to visit.

Tourism traders and island locals say St.Martin has never had the rigors of travel that have fueled the rumours. There is also an uncertainty among everyone about starting tourism.

According to official commentary, there should be no restrictions on travel to St. Martin in November, but actually there is no going there. Local residents are also required to show national identity cards to enter their locality.

After visiting Cox's Bazar, Teknaf and St. Martin on the surface and talking to the Coast Guard, local administration and tourism business, it seems that there is some sort of undeclared ban on travel to St. Martin even in November. There is also uncertainty as to whether it will be possible to launch tourism in St. Martin in November.

Cruise ships have not yet started plying the Saint Martin route. Speedboat movement is also stopped. Passenger trawlers or service boats require written permission to travel. No one except residents of St. Martin is allowed to travel. Trawler tickets are being sold on presentation of national identity cards to confirm islanders. The Coast Guard is periodically verifying the NID of the passengers.

Ayesha Siddika's family came from Rajshahi with their family to visit Saint Martin in November. Apart from Cox's Bazar beach, they had planned to visit Saint Martin. But it didn't happen because the travel was stopped.

Ayesha Siddika Papia expressed her regret at Shahpari Island Jetty Ghat in Teknaf. Disappointed that he could not go to St. Martin this far, he said, very upset. Many are hopeful like us. We want to open this closure as soon as possible. So that they don't get upset like us.

General Secretary of Sea Cruise Owners Association of Bangladesh Hossain Islam Bahadur told the media that it is not possible to return from Cox's Bazar during the day, so it is uncertain whether tourist ships will be able to start traveling to St. Martin in November. But we are wallowing in despair. The government's announcement that tourism is open in November is not consistent with reality. It was possible to sail from Teknaf by day. It is not possible to come and go from Cox's Bazar during the day. From Inani it is possible to go to Saint Martin in four hours. However, it is not possible to say whether the damaged jetty is scheduled to be repaired by November 22.

Another quick way to travel to St. Martin is by speedboat. Speedboats are also now banned due to safety concerns. Speedboats are not allowed to operate without special permission.

The only service in operation to St. Martin is by service boat or trawler from Teknaf. Many adventure-seeking youngsters prefer to travel to St. Martin on trawlers, but tourism facilities do not offer that opportunity. Strict restrictions have been imposed on travel by trawlers. A lineman at the Teknaf Trawler Wharf clarified that trawler tickets are not issued without written permission from St. Martin Island residents or the administration.

On the other hand, the local administration is not giving any permission for travel. Notices have been posted on several walls in the Upazila Parishad stating that the Upazila administration is not giving any permission to travel to St. Martin from October 22.

If you want to go to St. Martin to collect news, Teknaf Ghat made it clear that you are not allowed. Lineman Omar Farooq said that the strict imposition of traffic is being imposed. He said, there is a ban of the administration. Outsiders are now prohibited. Only local people will go. No one but St. Martin's people are allowed to go.

Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md. went to the office of the Upazila Nirbahi Officer to get permission to go to St. Martin. With Adnan Chowdhury. He said that permission is not being given for tourism purposes now. Now only those who go for urgent needs like NGO workers, research work or news gathering are allowed.

The station commander said that steps are being taken as per the instructions of the government keeping in mind the issue of security. They are monitoring to make sure no one comes to St. Martin to travel. The Coast Guard Station Commander also said that anyone who lands on the island of Saint Martin will be sent back.

“The flow is controlled by coordination. There is really no barrier to those who have permission to come here. As Butte travel is still prohibited, they can come when the travel starts.”

According to the government decision and the statement of the government's environmental adviser on Monday, November 4, it is possible to visit St. Martin in November but not to stay overnight. Then the question of why the restrictions Mr. Haider said, "We haven't received any instructions yet to actually launch (tourism)."

Coming to the island of St. Martin, most of the shops, hotels and restaurants built around tourism are closed. Most of the cottages, hotels and resorts found on the island are not ready for tourism. All are closed.

Local tourism traders and outbound investors on the island said the crackdown on travel was unprecedented.

Outsiders who have invested in the island in the tourism sector are in dire straits. It is alleged that there is no opportunity to bring staff to prepare and provide services for tourism. Arifur Rahman Rimon came to the island preparing to start tourism in November. As tourism did not start, he was forced to return to Dhaka on November 5.

He said that due to lack of permission to travel, many people like him are not able to bring staff from outside and make proper preparations for the resort.

“In the eight-ten years we've been doing business in St. Martin, we've never encountered a situation like this. I had to get permission in four or five steps. Normally we are never like that. We visit Saint Martin all year round. Now I have only two staff members in the whole resort and the rest cannot come. Two of my staff have left after coming to Teknaf and I have not been able to arrange to bring them.”

Besides, according to the government's new decision, two thousand tourists can go to St. Martin every day in December and January, against which regular protests and human chain programs are going on in St. Martin. On the 5th of November there was a protest march and human chain by the traders and local residents of the island.

A person present there said, "Those who have kinship with this island could not come. If the bride brought the bride, the bride could not come, if the son-in-law, the son-in-law could not come. So we didn't understand what kind of freedom it is."

Associated with the resort business. Jassim said that steps should be taken with equal importance to the lives and livelihoods of the island's ten thousand people in Saint Martin and the environment.

“It is not possible for us to run twelve months with two months of tourism. If the tourists don't come, I can't fast. It means there is going to be a stage where we will have to leave this island.”

One of the leaders of the movement and president of local BNP, Nurul Alam, complained that the Coast Guard is also seeking permission to buy the goods of the shop. He said, "Sovereign country, independent country, if I can go from here to remote areas in every district of Bangladesh, why can't my people of Bangladesh come freely as part of my Saint Martin Bangladesh."

Besides, the issue of crisis in the isolated island's only hospital has also been brought forward. Locals said that the common people are not getting any emergency medical services in Saint Martin. Because there are no doctors, nurses, medical lab technologists in the hospital of Bish Pulja for the last month.

Issues such as the emergency medical care crisis, travel restrictions, and other issues are creating an atmosphere of suspicion, mistrust and rumors surrounding the island of St. Martin, islanders say.

Meanwhile, the government says that various rumors are being spread about Saint Martin Island. It has been urged not to be confused by refuting these rumors through social media. At the same time, the Office of the Chief Adviser also pointed out that there is no plan to lease St. Martin Island to foreigners.

Abdul Malek, a resident of the island, said, “The current interim government has imposed a regulatory ban on St. Martin. Then the work of the current government is matching with the words of the former prime minister. From this point of view, there will definitely be panic among the people of the island."

However, the government is saying that the Ministry of Environment has decided to limit tourism in St. Martin in order to protect the coral island's biodiversity.

Forty-one percent of the coral reefs have been depleted, this is the national figure, the environmental adviser told reporters on Monday. All accepted international journals say that if this continues, by 2045 all the corals will be destroyed and the island of St. Martin will sink, then where will the tourism be?

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He said that we will save St. Martin and at the same time we must save tourism. We have not banned tourism.