Photo shows three family members of the smallest village. Photo: UNB
“My daughter can’t go to school during the rainy season. My husband now can’t earn much because he has grown old. We don’t get any government assistance either. So, we’ve been living a terrible life here,” she bemoaned.
Rahima said they desperately need a road at the village and the government can construct it.
Though the village is listed in the government gazette, no development work is done at the village.
Once a Hindu family used to live there. In 1964, the Hindu family sold the house to the ancestor of Aftab Ali.
Talukder Gias Uddin, chairman of Khazanchi union, said as the village has no land of its own, it is not possible to build a road for them. However, an effort is on for constructing a road for the village in consultation with the residents of the adjoining villages, he said.
Contacted, Upazila Nirbahi Officer Amitabh Parag Talukdar said he has heard recently about the village and he will look into the matter.
He also assured the villagers of repairing their tube-well, now out of service.