No money, no relief
One evening, I was walking on the Sirajgonj Protection Embankment situated beside the Jamuna river where thousands of flood-affected people have taken shelter. Their sufferings are unimaginable and immeasurable . It made me so gloomy. Suddenly, I saw a person named Bablu Mia who was trying to calm his crying kids. I asked him why they were crying.
Bablu Mia was a casual labourer of Quami Jute Mills Ltd situated at Sirajgonj. The government closed the mills from August 1, 2007. The management did not pay 25 weeks' arrear wages.
Where will he go? Who will give him a job? How will he survive? What is his last destination? I could not give him the right answers. I left the place without delay giving him a hundred taka note. What has happened to him after that, I do not know.
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