Remains of building cause trouble for Kuakata tourists

Remains of a damaged building create problem for tourists walking or taking bath in picturesque Kuakata sea beach.

People often get hurt while bathing as the chunks of concrete go under water during the high tide.

A bio-gas plant cum rest house owned by Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) in the beach area got damaged during the onslaught of super cyclone Sidr in 2007, said locals.

Later LGED sold the damaged building in auction.

But large chunks of concrete remained scattered as the boundary wall of the building had totally collapsed and got covered by sand.

Remains of the boundary wall recently emerged, creating problems for tourists walking or taking bath there during the high tide.

"While taking bath in the beach during the high tide, I got injured," said Azmal Hossain, a tourist from Khulna.

The sea beach should be kept neat and clean considering the interest of a large number of tourists from home and abroad, said Aman Ullah, another tourist from Dhaka.

Akash, a trader in Kuakata, said they put red flags marking the materials in the beach to warn the tourists.

When contacted, Kalapara Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md Jahangir Hossain, also chairman of Kuakata beach management committee, said they are taking steps to remove the scattered concrete chunks from the beach.