Save the families depending on rickshaw!
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A man getting out of his car and slapping a rickshaw-driver right and left only because the three-wheeler touched his car's bumper is a very common scene in Bangladesh. Dhaka is known as the city of rickshaws. Even so, rickshaws are neglected everywhere in Bangladesh. Traffic police hit the rickshaws when they are parked in wrong places but when it comes to a car, they say nothing or if at all, they say something very politely to the driver. Now, it is a matter of great regret that rickshaws are banned on the 'major' streets. Some people even think that rickshaws should be banned from our country! It is said that nearly 80% of the labourers are rickshawallahs. Where will they go with their families? Just look at the poor and hungry faces in the streets! I urge the wealthy people and their drivers- please kind to the rickshaw-drivers when he accidentally hits your car's bumper.
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