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Struggle for TCB goods

People from low-income groups have to struggle to buy goods at subsidised prices from TCB trucks. Despite the rain and cold weather, people were queueing for hours to buy essentials like potatoes, onions, lentils and oil.

Some women wait for hours in the rain for a TCB truck so they can buy goods at subsidised prices at Hatirjheel’s Madhubagh section.
Some women wait for hours in the rain for a TCB truck so they can buy goods at subsidised prices at Hatirjheel’s Madhubagh section.
Some people use umbrellas to protect themselves from the rain, while others hold their grocery bags above their heads as they wait to buy daily commodities from a TCB truck.
Some people use umbrellas to protect themselves from the rain, while others hold their grocery bags above their heads as they wait to buy daily commodities from a TCB truck.
A woman manages to buy goods at fair prices from a TCB truck after waiting for several hours.
A woman manages to buy goods at fair prices from a TCB truck after waiting for several hours.
The people waiting for hours in the rain for the arrival of a TCB truck at Hatirjheel’s Madhubagh on Thursday, Dec 7, 2023 are mostly women.
The people waiting for hours in the rain for the arrival of a TCB truck at Hatirjheel’s Madhubagh on Thursday, Dec 7, 2023 are mostly women.
A woman waits to buy daily commodities from a TCB truck with cash in hand at Hatirjheel’s Madhubagh section on Thursday, Dec 7, 2023.
A woman waits to buy daily commodities from a TCB truck with cash in hand at Hatirjheel’s Madhubagh section on Thursday, Dec 7, 2023.
A child buys goods from a TCB truck amid the rain at Hatirjheel’s Madhubagh section on Thursday, Dec 7, 2023.
A child buys goods from a TCB truck amid the rain at Hatirjheel’s Madhubagh section on Thursday, Dec 7, 2023.
A woman soaked in the rain buys goods from a TCB truck in Hatirjheel’s Madhubagh section on Thursday, Dec 7, 2023.
A woman soaked in the rain buys goods from a TCB truck in Hatirjheel’s Madhubagh section on Thursday, Dec 7, 2023.
Ruma Begum, a customer, buys goods from a TCB truck at Hatirjheel’s Madhubagh after waiting in the rain since 8 am on Thursday, Dec 7, 2023. u
Ruma Begum, a customer, buys goods from a TCB truck at Hatirjheel’s Madhubagh after waiting in the rain since 8 am on Thursday, Dec 7, 2023. u
A woman carrying her child buys goods from a TCB truck after waiting a several-hour wait in the rain on Thursday, Dec 7, 2023.
A woman carrying her child buys goods from a TCB truck after waiting a several-hour wait in the rain on Thursday, Dec 7, 2023.

bdnews24.com News Service

Published : 07 Dec 2023, 08:59 PM

Updated : 07 Dec 2023, 08:59 PM

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