During this time, Asadul Haq Chowdhury (Prakash Saheb Miah) was the Chairman of Sandwip Upazila's Kalapania Union Parishad.

Through his initiative, some landless people of Sandwip (whose homes had been lost due to diluvium) were relocated to Urirchar between 1980 and 1981.

[3] In 1985, Urir Char was among a number of islands in the Bay of Bengal that were devastated by Tropical Storm One.

In 2010, the Government of Bangladesh announced a plan to build a dam in Urir Char to reclaim land.

A number of people from the villages of Narayanpur, Abdullahpur, Burirpar, Wahidpur, Syedpur, Hadipur, Shivanagar, Subil, Raghavpur, Pomkara have migrated to the Middle East, Italy and Malaysia.