Project Detail: Children at Kamalpur, Dhaka central Train Station

Contest:

LuganoPhotoDays 2016



Brand:

LuganoPhotoDays



Author:

Teni Schneider

 

Project Info

Children at Kamalpur, Dhaka central Train Station

Kamalapur Railway Station is the central railway station in Dhaka , Bangladesh . The station is the largest in the country and the most important terminal for transportation between Dhaka and the rest of Bangladesh . There are 47 local trains , 28 express trains and 24 inter-city trains going through the station , and normally around 50 trains a day .
Every day more than 1000 people passing here , both the passengers and people who make a living . Some are selling , there is also a begging There are lots of police and guards outside the station to control the area day and night, and this makes this station into a safe place for the homeless people.

Life is not easy here , but they are used to it , enjoy it with full of jokes and laughter and make this station as their home, and those people who suffer the same fate sometimes become loyal friends.

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