Sylhet Correspondent :
The hawkers and small traders suffer due to blockade programme, as they cannot open their shops, fearing mishap, and, thus, cannot sell clothes and other items to the people of the middle-income (mostly office employees) and the lower income (day labourers and rickshaw pullers) groups, who are their main sources of revenues. Thousands of hawkers open their shops generally in the morning everyday and close after dusk. On the day of shutdown , they cannot do it,
Mohanagr Hawker Samity leaders on condition of anonymity said. Shofik Ahmed told that, “I do my business in front of the Court point and earn Tk 350 to 500 everyday to support my six-member family. If there is no income or little income, I will be in trouble.
Rubel Hossain, who sells toys, caps and money bags in front of the Kudrot Ullah Mosque, said, sales decline sharply by 70 percent during Hortal. “We wait for every Friday, as devotees, who come to the Kudrot Ullah Mosque for [Jumma] prayers, purchase a lot of things also” he said. Our sales fall on the day of hartal and siege. So the, hawkers and small traders in the area are not happy at political unrest.
Akter Hossain, small shop owner at Bandarbazar said, A non-stop strike affects us badly. If hartal continues, it will be difficult for me to realise my investments.
An office employee said, though footpath is not for doing business, it relieves us from buying things at higher rate from shopping malls.
The hawkers and small traders suffer due to blockade programme, as they cannot open their shops, fearing mishap, and, thus, cannot sell clothes and other items to the people of the middle-income (mostly office employees) and the lower income (day labourers and rickshaw pullers) groups, who are their main sources of revenues. Thousands of hawkers open their shops generally in the morning everyday and close after dusk. On the day of shutdown , they cannot do it,
Mohanagr Hawker Samity leaders on condition of anonymity said. Shofik Ahmed told that, “I do my business in front of the Court point and earn Tk 350 to 500 everyday to support my six-member family. If there is no income or little income, I will be in trouble.
Rubel Hossain, who sells toys, caps and money bags in front of the Kudrot Ullah Mosque, said, sales decline sharply by 70 percent during Hortal. “We wait for every Friday, as devotees, who come to the Kudrot Ullah Mosque for [Jumma] prayers, purchase a lot of things also” he said. Our sales fall on the day of hartal and siege. So the, hawkers and small traders in the area are not happy at political unrest.
Akter Hossain, small shop owner at Bandarbazar said, A non-stop strike affects us badly. If hartal continues, it will be difficult for me to realise my investments.
An office employee said, though footpath is not for doing business, it relieves us from buying things at higher rate from shopping malls.
