Human Living in Inhuman Condition
in Slum
Staff
Correspondent, Dhaka, 21 January: There are so many slums in Dhaka city. The
living condition of these slum dwellers is a sad tale to tell. All the year
round they suffer from various problems.
Among
the slums in Dhaka city, Kamalapur slum is noteworthy. There are as many as 300
shanties in this slum where around 3000 people live in extremely inhuman
condition. They lead here a very unhygienic life. As they do not have enough
water facilities, they are seen to use impure water of the nearby lagoons. They
are bound to use the impure water of lagoons as water problem is very acute in
slum areas. For days together most of the people cannot have their baths.
Most
often they do not have even drinking water. As a result, they suffer from
diarrhea, cholera, and dysentery. At the time of a dire necessity they do not
have the help of a good physician. To them the city of joy is a joyless city.
High-rise buildings are nothing but a joke to them. Posh cars of the rich give
them spiteful feelings.
However,
women and children are the worst sufferers of this slum. Most of the women
living here work as maid servants in order to add to their family income. The
children of this slum have no future at all as they are being deprived of
education. They are growing up like dogs
and apes. One day when they will grow up, they will definitely adopt the
loathsome paths.
The
government and the conscious citizens of the country should come forward to
rehabilitate these slum-dwellers.
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