Biting cold pushes up prices of warm clothes
People from low and fixed income groups, afflicted with biting cold, crowd makeshift shops in Lalmonirhat town to buy second-hand warm clothes. Photo: STAR
Sellers of warm clothes are doing brisk business in the town and other areas of the district as biting cold, has continued to afflict people. The chilly and foggy weather often disrupts daily life. People living in the char (landmass emerged from riverbed) areas of the district are the worst affected. The makeshift warm clothe shops in the town are now crowded with people, particularly those from low and fixed income groups, to buy second-hand sweaters, jackets, cardigans, woollen caps and mufflers for protection from the biting cold. "Demand for used warm clothes is much higher than the new ones. Low and fixed income-group people including day labourers, rickshaw- pullers and ordinary employees of different government and private organisations come to my shop," said Rajab Ali, owner of a shop at a roadside makeshift market near Mogholhat railway gate of the town. "I have come to the town to buy some second-hand warm clothes with the money saved from my daily income as I and my family members have been badly suffering due to severe cold for the last few days,†said rickshaw puller Mazibor Rahman, who lives in a makeshift house on the embankment of the Teesta River at Kalmati village of Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila. Prices of warm clothes are much higher compared to the last year's, he added. Ramoni Kanto Barmon, a farm-labourer residing at Roypara in the town, said he bought two woollen sweaters for his children from a footpath shop near the railway station. "Quality of the clothes is very good. They even look fresh and are comfortable to wear," he added. Shamsul Haque, a seller of second-hand warm clothes including jeans jackets, woollen blazers and sweaters at Puran Bazar market in the town, said many well-off people also buy the products from the market. "Particularly youths are frequently visiting the market to buy different second hand items as their quality and designs are in many cases better than new ones," he added.
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