Everything was burnt, her husband did not return, a mother was waiting with her three children
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Three children are lying on a thin mat spread on the ground under the ramp of the Kalshi flyover. Mother wrapped a black blanket over them to protect them from the rain and cold. He is sitting next to him.
Mother Razia Begum has no sleep in her eyes, tiredness on her face. The only place of the head has been burnt by fire. Meanwhile, the husband has been missing for about a week. Razia does not know what lies ahead.
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Today, Tuesday around 12:30 noon, Razia was seen under the Kalshi flyover. 10-month-old son Ibrahim, three-year-old daughter Mansoora and seven-year-old daughter Aduri are lying next to him.
A fire broke out in a slum in Pallabir Kalshi area of the capital yesterday at around 7:30 pm. About 1 thousand 200 houses were burnt to ashes in the fire. Razia’s house was also there.
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Razia works as a housekeeper. He earns about 7 thousand rupees a month by working in three houses. A family of five was somehow running on that income. But everything including the house was burnt to ashes in the fire.
Before this, another danger came in his life. According to Razia, on May 20, husband Ratan Mia left the house in anger. Since then there has been no contact with him.
Razia Begum was crying repeatedly while talking about the moment of the fire. He said, ‘I went to eat Pola-Maya. Suddenly the current went out. The screams of Tahan Mainsh, fire, fire. Konomate polare kole niya, my twodere hand dhira ghar theika biir ic. I could not bring a question. All ashes turn to ashes.
Mother Razia spent the whole night under the flyover with her children. The condition of eating and drinking was also miserable. Razia said, “There is no food in rice. I bought bread and banana for Pola-Mayer. I didn’t eat anything myself. Aizaka eats three packets of khichuri in the morning. Eating oats Kisu painai ehno at noon.
The monthly rent of the one room they lived in was Tk 2,500. It was their safe haven in a low-income family. Now that house is gone. There are no household items.
Razia is consumed by worry and uncertainty about the future of her three children. The loss of everything in the fire was compounded by the absence of her husband. Razia said, I don’t know how to go about it. Even the father (of the children) did not take notice.
He was fixing the children’s blankets while talking. Razia was waving her hand to remove the mosquitoes sitting on the children’s faces. He said, waiting for him – let the husband look for them and come back. Only then will he have the courage to start anew. When asked if he had contacted him or not, he said in a haughty tone, ‘Why are you calling, the people of the world know when there is a fire. I have no anger towards him, does he have any love for his children?’
According to the fire service, the slum had 1,000 to 1,200 houses and shops. Approximately three and a half thousand people lived in this slum. The fire service reported the fire control at 9:35 pm yesterday.
In the afternoon, it can be seen that many people are standing in front of the burnt house looking for burnt or surviving things in the ashes. Some are carrying broken sticks, some are moving piles of burnt tin and coal with their bare hands. Someone might be looking for a pot, someone a part of a gas stove. Although almost everything was burnt by the fire, people’s hope did not end. They are desperately trying to salvage something from the last possession.
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