The district administration of Cox’s Bazar today opened a control room to monitor the relief operation for the Rohingya refugees who have taken shelter there after fleeing persecution in the Rakhine state of Myanmar.

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The decision on opening the control room was made today at a meeting of the core committee to monitor the relief and shelter of the Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Md Ali Hossain, deputy commissioner of the district, told The Daily Star.

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The control room will monitor the relief operation round the clock from the deputy commissioner’s office. Magistrates in the district will be in charge of the control room by rotation with the district relief officers, the DC also said.

The control room will enhance efficiency in collecting and distributing the relief aids among the refugees, he added.

The contact number of the control room is +88 01615700900.

So far some 290,000 Rohingyas have fled an army crackdown on the militants in two weeks, a serious humanitarian crisis is also unfolding on the Myanmar side, Reuters reports quoting aid workers today.