“I don’t like to live in Dhaka, but I have a dream to buy a piece of land in my village and then will go back to my village again.”
Nijam Uddin, a 32 year old climate migrant lives in karail basti, Dhaka. His wife name is Rahela khatun. They have come from sukhchar village of 3 No. Union in Bhola coastal area. He has 7 members in her family including his wife and children. In his village life he continued a miserable life because of river erosion which was a climate-human induce disaster. He came in to Dhaka eight years ago with a hope of ray for working opportunities and better life than village. After migrated in to Dhaka he took shelter in a semi-pucca single room at karail basti and started working as a day labourer. His wife as a housewife cannot go outside for work due to children raring.
Due to erratic and unexpected heavy rainfall Nijam Uddin fall in to problem in his slum’s living room. Rain water enters in his living room from roof and when heavy rain falls then water submerges in the room due to bad drainage system at korail. “My house becomes submerged at heavy rain, there is no place to go, children fall in to sick and I cannot go outside for work regularly for the children” he said. During water logging condition he cannot give food properly to his children due to lack of work. Pure drinking water also do not remain available in the slum area.
