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At least 10,000
people including over 2500 women and 1000 child laborers
are engaged in stone and sand collection from the
‘Bollar Ghat’ on the bank of the Piyain river in
Jafflong. The Mari river is coming from the great
Himalayas of India, which bringing million tons of stone
boulders with its tide. The group of people whose
average income is less then 150 taka per day (about 2
USD) Stone extraction goes on in the area for about
eight months a year, except the rainy season. Every day,
about 200 trucks carry stones to Sylhet and other
places. .Jafflong, Sylet, Bangladesh.
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