Ailing former driver gets grocery goods in Pabna

The Pabna district unit of Bashundhara Shuvosangho provided essential grocery commodities to an ailing former tank-lorry driver on Friday to help him sustain his family and revive his small home-front shop.

The assistance was handed over in the morning to Abdul Mannan Sheikh, 63, a resident of Dohorpara in Pabna Sadar upazila, who has been struggling to run his household amidst financial hardship and illness.

Mannan worked as a tank-lorry driver at Kobad Petrol Pump near Pabna Edward College for decades. However, his livelihood came to an abrupt halt in 2024 when a fire broke out at Farid Filling Station while he was unloading fuel. Panic-stricken by the sudden blaze, he suffered a stroke that left him physically incapacitated and permanently unable to drive.

To make ends meet, he set up a tiny roadside grocery shop outside his residence. Due to a severe lack of working capital and depleted inventory, he could not cater to customer demands, leaving his daily income insufficient.

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Learning of his plight, members of the Pabna district unit of Bashundhara Shuvosangho stepped in with sustainable support. Instead of one-off food assistance, they delivered a full stock of grocery goods including rice, lentils, edible oil, soaps, and powdered spices directly to his shop to keep the venture viable.

Shuvosangho’s Pabna unit Adviser and Kaler Kantho Pabna Correspondent Prabir Saha, President Mahbubul Alam Faruk, General Secretary Shafiqul Islam Shanto, Pabna Sadar Upazila Unit President Farhana Akhter, and local dignitaries attended the distribution.

Faruk stated that standing beside distressed citizens and creating sustainable livelihoods remain the organisation's primary goal, urging solvent quarters of society to extend similar humanitarian support to people in need.