Symbolic pictureManik Mistri's Boats
Amirabad carpenter who has built and sold boats before every monsoon for 35 years
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- Sells products
- Takes orders
About
Manik Mia, a carpenter in Amirabad village, Manikarchar union, Meghna upazila, Cumilla, carries on his family trade; his father Joynal Abedin and grandfather Mahmud Ali were carpenters, and his two elder brothers do the same work. Alongside his regular carpentry, for about 35 years he has built boats from koroi and chambul wood each year from the Bangla month of Jyoishtho to Bhadro, earning an extra Tk 50,000–55,000 a year. People of the Meghna char areas buy boats for cutting fodder, fishing, checking fields and getting around in the monsoon; local farmers say his boats are of better quality, and thanks to him the village has become known as the 'boat village'. With this income he is educating his three daughters.
Products and services
10-haat boat
Tk 6,000–7,000 / each
Koroi and chambul wood
11-haat boat
Tk 8,000–9,000 / each
12-haat boat
The report prints '10 to 11 taka', probably thousand taka
Carpentry work
Prices as given by the owner; ask before you buy.
Address and hours
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