Basila, Dhaka, Bangladesh
its been almost four months since the inauguration of the Third Buriganga Bridge.... I had been there several times during this period..... I've seen the number of boatmen getting reduced..... just as most of the farmers of this country are dependent on Nature, these boatmen also put their faith on their fate..... the bridge took quite a while to go up..... but these boatmen had little idea that they would lose their only source of income soon...... and there was none to advise them either....
now, some of these uneducated boatmen still spend time on the banks of the river with their row-boats looking for an ever dwindling number of passengers....
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| From Basila, 09 April 2010 |
still staring at that hope, which is fading away everyday.....
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| From Basila, 09 April 2010 |
waiting for those rare passengers.......
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| From Basila, 09 April 2010 |
the engine boats take a different route, which keeps their business running......
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| From Basila, 09 April 2010 |
