“People will have the opportunity to enjoy the beauty of the nature alongside improving their socioeconomic condition,” she said. The prime minister was inaugurating the marine driveway from Cox’s Bazaar to Teknaf.
The Bangladesh army constructed the marine driveway for protecting the Cox’s Bazar seashore and facilitating an easy viewing of the beauty of the Bay of Bengal.
She said the driveway will attract not only huge domestic tourists but also foreign ones and will help accelerate the socioeconomic development of the district.
Cox’s Bazaar sea beach is the longest sandy sea beach of the world and people from home and abroad come here to enjoy the natural beauty. The government has undertaken a number of projects to make Cox’s Bazar attractive.
To make road journeys more comfortable for tourists, Hasina said the government has decided to turn Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar Road into a four-lane one.
She said modernisation of Cox’s Bazaar Airport will also be ensured.
A wide-bodied Boeing 737-800 aircraft landed at the airport yesterday as its runway has already been expanded. “Such a flight will go to Cox’s Bazaar from Dhaka once a week, at least.”
The prime minister said the people of all faiths will enjoy the equal rights. “The country must be saved from militancy, terrorism and drug abuse,” she said, adding, “I urge all to resist these menaces... we’ll never tolerate these things.”
The landing of “Meghdoot”, a wide-bodied Biman Bangladesh’s Boeing 737-800 aircraft carrying Prime Minister Hasina and other passengers, yesterday marked the operationalisation of Cox’s Bazaar International Airport as an expanded aviation facility.
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