Locals predicted that more visitors will visit the fish landing center than in the past if the project is carried out.

Fishery Ghat is a run-down, damaged, and expired ghat located near Cox's Bazar on the west side of the Bankkhali River. It is formally known as Cox's Bazar Fish Landing Centre. It is planned to rebuild Cox's Bazar Fish Landing Centre, which has long been in a precarious and dangerous state.

The adventure at Cox's Bazar Fish Landing Centre began in 1965–1966. More than 10,000 metric tonnes of marine fish are purchased and sold at this ghat annually, according to officials here. More than 1.5 crores in income have been received from this ghat as of 2023. Under the Fish Landing Centre Development Project, Fishery Ghat, a fish landing center, is being rebuilt.

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Under the direction of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the National Economic Council-ECNEC meeting on Thursday, March 28th, authorised this project for 232 crores 83 lakh taka. Its anticipated building timeline extends from the current year until June 2027.

Japan's international aid organisation, JICA, will fund the project with 2,294 million Japanese yen, or around 165 crore Taka. JICA also inked a related deal with Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation. This deal is supposed to guarantee Cox's Bazar Fisarighat's clean water, cold storage facilities, infrastructure development, and administration.

Ichiguchi Tomahide, Chief Representative of JICA Bangladesh, and Shahriar Quader Chiddiki, Secretary of the Economic Relations Department (ERD), signed the agreement.

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There were representatives from JICA, ERD, BFDC, and the Japanese Embassy, as well as BFDC Chairman Syed Mahmood Belal Haider and Japan's ambassador to Bangladesh at the time, Iwama Kiminori.

The restoration of the outdated and decaying fishing wharf has made the fishermen pleased. They did, however, insist on doing the task promptly.

The proposal states that the manager of Cox's Bazar Fish Landing Centre expressed optimism that the project will be finished by the deadline. Badruddoja.

The fish sold at this long-abandoned fish landing site are valued at over 600 crore rupees a year. More than 1.5 crore rupees in tolls were collected there as well last year. As a result, the parties involved want the rehabilitation project finished as soon as possible.

Locals predicted that more visitors will visit the fish landing center than in the past if the project is carried out.

Meanwhile, this project would boost cold storage facilities and the sanitary water supply, according to BFDC sources. Thus, every day, 2000 individuals—boat owners, fishermen, distributors, and laborers—would benefit directly, while 2 lakh people who are connected to the fish markets in Dhaka and Chattogram would benefit indirectly.

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This project calls for the construction of a three-story fish landing center building spanning 6,149 square meters, a business office building spanning 195 square meters, two sets of pontoons and gangways (including a bridge, ramp, pier, anchor block, etc.), and 3,176.69 square meters of revetment or slope.

During the building phase, there will be a temporary steel structure shed of 1457.3 square meters for fish landing, as well as the construction of a fish market and prayer hall spanning 714.60 square meters. In addition, 2,141 items of fishing and transporting equipment will be available.

Syed Mahmud Belal Haider, the chairman of the Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation (BFDC), stated that Fisherighat, the primary fish landing hub of Cox's Bazar city, receives around 85% of the fish in the district of Cox's Bazar. Due to cyclone damage, the fish landing facility is presently in disrepair.

Additionally, the navigation is incorrect. Under the project, a cutting-edge fish landing center will be constructed. Additionally, the project would provide better working conditions for fishermen and enhance the supply and gathering of high-quality seafood. This will raise the standard of living for the nation's marginalised population impoverished fishermen and other stakeholders.

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He said that forty more boats would be able to land each day if this scheme is put into action. Ten thousand metric tonnes more fish will be landed as a result of this operation, and six thousand three hundred tonnes more ice will be produced.

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