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What went wrongA barber in Khulna, in a Prothom Alo report · Started in 1975

After the shop came down: a footpath, and less than half the income

A tin shop over a drain brought 700-800 taka a day. After the municipality took it down, the work moved to an open footpath at 50-60 taka a haircut.

This barber in Khulna has cut hair for fifty years. For twenty of them he worked in a tin shop built over a drainage channel, taking 700-800 taka a day. The municipality demolished it last year during drain repairs. He now works under a plastic sheet on an open footpath behind Khulna District School, charging 50-60 taka for a haircut and 30 for a shave. With no light he has to stop at dusk, and he cannot afford to rebuild.

Lessons

  1. 1.A shop on unauthorised land can go overnight, taking the fixed premises the income rested on
  2. 2.Losing the shop for an open pitch cuts both the hours you can work and the price you can charge

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