There is no telling, whether he will be able to put together the money, to reconstruct the shops once again. Also Read- Massive fire guts 291 shops at Gulshan 1 kitchen marketWith tears in his eye, the 32-year-old businessman, sat in front of the ashes. “I lost, at least Tk20 lakh, in the 2017 fire, and took loans to reconstruct one shop, which I am still paying today. Banks do not want to issue loans to small traders, and Shariful had to manage three loans from several cooperatives and family members. Shariful said, after the first fire, the government promised to help the traders in the market, but nothing happened afterwards.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 30, 2019 18:00 UTC