Saint Martin Island

Daruchini Dip

Chera Dip

Saint Martin Island is a little island in the northeastern piece of the Bay of Bengal, around 9 km south of the tip of the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf landmass, and shaping the southernmost piece of Bangladesh. There is a little bordering island that is isolated at high tide, called Chhera island. It is around 8 km west of the northwest shore of Myanmar, at the mouth of the Naf River. The principal settlement began only 250 years back by some Arabian mariners who named the island 'Zajira'. Amid British occupation the island was named St. Martin Island. The nearby names of the island are "Narical Gingira", additionally spelled "Narikel Jinjira/Jinjera", which signifies 'Coconut Island' in Bengali, and "Daruchini Dip". It is the main coral island in Bangladesh.
The majority of the island's roughly 3,700 occupants live essentially from angling. Additionally, the other staple products are rice and coconut. Being extremely basic in the island, green growth are gathered, then dried lastly sent out to Myanmar. In the middle of October and April, the anglers from neighboring territories convey their got fishes to the island's transitory wholesale market. However fares of chicken, meat and different nourishments do roll in from the territory Bangladesh and Myanmar (Burma). As the inside and the south are for the most part farmland and alternative cabins, the vast majority of the changeless structures are around the furthest north of the island.

Amid the stormy season, due to the perilous conditions on the Bay of Bengal, the occupants have no degree to go to the territory (teknaf) and their life can get to be hazardous. There is presently a doctor's facility on the island, however in the past there has frequently been no specialist.

Transportation

The best way to achieve the spot is the water transportation i.e. pontoons and boats (for the most part for visitors) from Teaknaf. Try not to hope to discover taxis, tarred streets or power here in the island. Aside from the bigger inns that keep running on generators, there is no power supply from the national network in the island since an unsafe sea tempest in the year 1999. The island is about sun, ocean and palm trees. Amid the day, the island wakes up with water and shoreline sports, with shoreline gatherings and blazes illuminating the night skies.

Tourism  

 
From 1989 to 2004, non-private Bangladeshis and nonnatives were the main individuals allowed on the island; in any case, this has changed and now private Bangladeshis are permitted. St. Martin's Island has turned into a prominent visitor spot. Presently, five delivery liners run day by day excursions to the island, including Shahid Sher Niabat, L C T Kutubdia, Eagle, Keari Cruise and Dine and Keari-Sindbad. Visitors can book their outing either from Chittagong or from Cox's Bazar. The encompassing coral reef of the island has an expansion named Chera Dip. A little hedge arrives, which is the main green a portion of Chera Dip, improving the excellence of this island. Individuals don't live on this a portion of the island, so it is fitting for the voyagers to go there ahead of schedule and return by evening.

In the previous five years St. Martin's guest populace has expanded significantly. While this circumstance has turned out to be lucrative for the islanders, it is making the common magnificence of the island break down. In a matter of seconds there are numerous endeavors being advanced to protect the few jeopardized types of turtles that home on the island, and additionally the corals, some of which are discovered just on Narikel Jinjera. Bits of the coral reef are being evacuated keeping in mind the end goal to be sold to tourists.Nesting turtles are once in a while taken for sustenance, and their hatchlings are regularly diverted by the twinkling lights along the shoreline. Types of fish, a couple of just as of late found, are being overfished. Consistently the anglers must wander farther to ocean to get their catch. The vast majority of them use motorless water crafts.

It is conceivable to stroll around the island in a day on the grounds that it quantifies just 8 km2, contracting to around 5 km2 amid high tide. The island exists simply because of its coral base, so evacuation of that coral dangers disintegration of the shorelines. On account of this, St. Martin's has lost approximately 25% of its c.