Tale of a flood victim
photo: Jahaangir Biswas
Bablu Miah has again been affected by floods. He is a retrenched jute mill worker. He has lost his job. His tin-shed house, furniture, home appliances, cattle, toilet, livestock-- all have been washed away by the floods. His 12-year old son has been drowned in the heavy current of the floodwater. His wife has been suffering from fatal skin diseases. He has no work now. Unemployment has made him mad. He is under extreme marginal conditions. Now he is passing his days un-fed , half-fed and under-fed. His physical condition is worsening . Again heavy torrential rain and incessant floodwater have hit his last shelter---the flood rehabilitation centre run by an NGO. He has lost all his belongings. Now he is staying under the open sky on Sirajganj Flood Protection Embankment. Flood has reduced him to a beggar. How will he survive? Where will he go? Who will give him a job? Who will give him a shelter?
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