January 3, 2008
Author: Syed Saiful Alam Shovan
Most trips in Dhaka are short in distance, usually one to five kilometers. These trips are perfect of Rickshaws. Rickshaws are cheap and popular mode of transport over short distances. Rickshaws are safe, environmentally friendly and do not rely on fossil fuels. Rickshaws support a significant portion of the population, not only the pullers, but also their families in the villages, the mechanics who fix the rickshaws, as well as street Read more...
Tags: Dhaka, RickshawOpinion
November 6, 2007
“I am pulling rickshaw for seven years. My house is in Rampur district. My Father-Mother, Sister-Brother lives in the village. I send them two thousand taka every month. I pass my life in Dhaka with rest money” – Md. Deloar Hossain said this with hesitation. This twenty seven years old rickshaw puller has not married yet. He can not think about his marry for his low income.
Abdul Malek Raton of Tangile has lost his everything at the time of the flood of eighty eight. After that, he has come to Dhaka. At first he started rickshaw pulling. I asked what your present condition is. He answered “My income was sound through rickshaw pulling initially. Three or four hundred taka existed everyday in my pocket. I was passing my happy life with one son and two daughters. Suddenly, pulling rickshaw on highway was stopped. My income has got down to half. Now I earn one or one fifty taka daily. I married off my daughters under compulsion. Child marriage? He said yes. I had nothing to do else. I could not feed them if I not married off them. Now, my income is diminishing gradually. Read more...
Tags: Climate Change, Environment, RickshawClimate Change
