JORGEN BABUR MART SLUM Area Jorgen Babur Mart is an area of informal housing situated approximately 2km from the centre of Dinajpur town. Originally the land belonged to a Hindu landowner who emigrated to India during the partition of India and the former East Pakistan. Over 500 families currently live on this land, and although they do not possess formal title deeds, the land is considered in private ownership, with many of the residents having built permanent or ‘paaka’ buildings. Before it became a residential area the land was waterlogged and uninhabitable. Seven years ago the non-governmental organisation CARE, reclaimed the land and worked with the community to divide the area into individual plots. The land was primarily used to resettle families who had previously been evicted from a nearby slum area that belonged to the Bangladesh Railways. Community The residents are predominantly Hindu and Muslim, originating from many different backgrounds and moving to Dinajpur for a variety of social and economic reasons.They are involved in many different occupations from TV repairmen and day labourers, to rickshaw pullers, earning between 100 - 250BDT per day. Although some women work outside the area, most stay at home generating extra income through home based activities such as poppadom rolling and handicraft production.
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