The Dhaka Times Desk Many people love to travel to St. Martin, many have already visited or many are planning to visit in the future. However, St. Martin has some natural death traps that are constantly taking the lives of tourists visiting there.
St. Martin is basically a coral island, St. Martin is the only coral island in Bangladesh. As a result, many visitors from the country and abroad come here to see its beautiful natural form and play of blue water. Many people can't resist the temptation of going down to the sea. As a result, he fell down along the sea shore. But since St. Martin is an atoll and surrounded by numerous corals, it is naturally very valuable. As a result these corers are stolen and removed regularly, creating holes under the water in all those places. St. Martin also naturally has a terrible death well that will take your life if you are careless. Let's know the details.
Tourists visiting St. Martin first arrive by ship and stop at the St. Martin Ferry Line, where tourists are dropped off. Then from there you have to cross the bridge on foot to get down to the main land of Saint Martin. Most of the beach seen on the right hand side is where tourists walk along the beach and jump into the water from the base of the bridge. But the island bends when it goes some distance to the hand or side. That place is calledJinjira Uttarpara, as the locals call it north beach. Here is a terrible secret. Basically, in this part of the island, due to the triangular mouth, the current of the sea creates a vortex here. Water pressure is very high due to three-way flow. In this, the current of the ocean suddenly pulls people down.
You won't even know what eddies are playing to swallow you just a yard in front of you as you descend into the water, unknowingly the undercurrent will pull you deep into the ocean. You can't swim a thousand times to stay afloat. Because of the triangular shape of the island, the north side of the island is formed due to the ocean currents Rip current or reverse current.
Rip current or reverse current is well known in island countries all over the world but the people of our country are not familiar with it. These rip currents or reverse currents are created as a result of the obstruction of the normal current, usually due to the shape of the island. As a result of rip currents or reverse currents, the sand on the sea floor in that area becomes much deeper than the surrounding area. As a result, a person can drown from waist-deep water in deep water, which is not in his mind. Besides, there is already a rip current, which drags it downwards, and the normal tides sweep the drowning man downwards into the deep sea.
In our country, tourists on the sea shore are not given any idea by the government, but in some cases, even if the locals warn them, the tourists fall into the sea on impulse and there is no one to warn them. As a result, there is no rescue system or safety system in case of danger. Due to these reasons, many fresh lives of our country are falling to the lap of death.
We do not want such death, we must be aware. If you know the things or have an idea about these things, you can enjoy the beautiful form of the sea carefully. So be careful now, know yourself about the terrible death trap of the sea and inform everyone you know. By doing this, at least you can be careful in advance.
About current conditions before visiting any beach in the country including Cox's Bazar Find out from here.
For more detailed information on Rip Current or Reverse Current visit Wikipedia.
Crucial information gathered on St Martin's 'terrible' death trap From Nazmul Hasan Mehdi's blog.
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