| Riassunto: | This study is on Kathal Bagan, Bou Bazaar and Hazaribagh slums in
Dhanmondi Area in Dhaka city of Bangladesh. It describes mainly the
suffetings of the slum dwellers during floods, their coping strategy, the
extent of damages caused by floods and BRAC's action on relief for them.
In Kathal Bagan majority slum dwellers relocated to other places since
this slum was 3-4 feet under water for t\lilo months. Those who did not
leave in all three slums raised their beds with breaks. Some of them
moved to the top of the roof of their house. Majority of slum dwellers
lived in the rented houses. They mainly lost their personal goods. All of
them had to cut their expenditure by cutting three to one rice meal a day
due to loss of income, employment and increase in the price of food
items and other necessities. Although they were suffering from hygiene
and sanitation problems but everybody drank safe water. BRAC is the
only organization from whom they got food, water purification tablets,
health and other supports. With great difficulties they all managed to pay
back the loan and savings installments.
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