1400 tourists reached Khagrachari with the help of the army

1400 tourists stranded in Saje reached Khagrachari with the help of Bangladesh Army. Around 10:30 AM on Tuesday (September 24), tourist vehicles started entering Khagrachari town.

Tourists are trapped in the Chittagong Hill Tracts due to the blockade of the last 72 hours called by Jumma students. The tourists reached Khagrachari after four days with the help of Army's Khagrachari Region Baghaihat Zone.

The road was blocked since September 21 by hill students and local people to enforce the blockade by uprooting large trees and electric poles on the road in Baghaihat-Sajek zone. Making the road impassable by driving trucks across the road and burning tires. Two culverts in Shuknachhara and Uluchhara areas were removed due to which the traffic was not able to move. With the efforts of the Bangladesh Army and the help of the locals, road traffic was made convenient by removing obstacles at various places on the night of 23rd and in the morning of 24th September. Later, the army brought Khagrachari from the tourists.

Besides, under the overall supervision of Baghaihat Zone and with the consent of the Resort Owners Association, 50-75 percent of the resort stay fee is waived off for stranded tourists.

About 1400 tourists left for Khagrachari in 112 local jeeps, 109 bikes and 23 CNG-powered auto-rickshaws escorted by the army and tourist police from Sajek at around 7 am on Tuesday.