The ongoing lockdown, which is important to control the COVID-19 outbreak in Bangladesh but harms the livelihoods of urban poor, particularly those who are working in the informal sector. Since most of the vulnerable people are now stuck in their homes and not allowed to undertake normal income-earning activities, they are having an acute shortage of cash to buy food and other essentials. Sheuli Begum is a resident of Savar Municipality and also a member of urban DRR project of SEEP funded by Save the Children. She is 38 years old, lives with her family in a small tin-shed house. Her husband, Bacchu Mia is a tea seller, serves tea roaming at Savar bus stand area. Before this situation, they used to send their two children to school and run all expenses. Her husband has not earned anything since the lockdown started a month ago, and they have any savings left to shoulder her five-member family now.
Will Mirpur The Next Hotbed For Fire
August 23, 2024 1:43 pm
Tensions are rising among the homestead of Mirpur slums following the fire events of Bhashantek Slum on 28 th February this year
