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They’re not so poor as you may think

By Asiuzzaman
They are not so poor as you may think I
The physically hardicappcd beggars in the city sometimes earn more than a government official.
Most of them are solvent. They donot deposit money in the bank. Instead they invest tn small shops belonging to relatives and acquaintances.
Delwar. (35). who lost his legs at on early age, now begs at Khilgaon area. He has sent Tk 3.000 to his father in Bart sal, he said.
He earns Tk 80 to Tk 250 a day. he said, adding, the month of Ramadan was dull for him.
He starts begging at 8 am sitting at a particular spot at the roadside and stays there till sunset.
He sqld the rickshaw pullers are hts main benefae tors. They give me money for
blessing them at the beginning of the day so that they can earn more. The richer section gives us less alms, he added.
His wife and son carry him to the spot and bring him meals In time.
Once a businessman who deals In beggars wanted to buy him by Tk 5.000 but he refused. He now earns on his own and is now solvent
My wife loves me as I earn better than others, he said.
Salamat Hossain (42). of Mymensingh who lost both of his legs In gangrene in 1982 said he does not earn as he used to He was given on accommodation In the newly • constructed city palll' which, he says, reduced his Income
He earlier lived in a sium renting out two rooms that gave him Tk 300 per month beside his own income from begging.
Now he has to beg hard tn maintain his five-member fam-ily adding that 1 am passing my days somehow.
"I hired a boy to carry me around the city but he demanded almost half my Income. So I move on this vehicle". he said
He said beggars wlto chant and beg In a group earned more than an Individual beg
One Latif begging In Farm gate area concealed his Income recognising me a reporter He said we live hand to mouth. We have no savings But his healthy body and good completion Indicated other wise.
"Police frequently harass us. They should know this Is our only source of Income." he
Some of his fellow begmrs supported him nodding their