This monograph is about health and sanitation problems of the slum of Agargaon area in Dhaka city. In Bangladesh about 20% of the total population lives in urban area. About 40000 people live in slum area in Dhaka city. The slum people depend directly or indirectly on informal sector for their livelihood. The slum people are important part in our society. The slum people serve for our society as a Rickshaw puller, day labor and garment workers. They serve in our society with low income. About 30(83.33%) of the respondents are Rickshaw puller, 3(12.5%) of the respondents are garment workers, 3(12.5%) of the female respondents are home services. Most of the people of slum migrated from rural area. They are unskilled and inexperienced class. Basically, they come to urban area for work and stay in rural area with unemployment. They services in our society but they are deprived from basic rights and their health is very poor for work but they are mainstream worker class in Dhaka city.
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