The man who earns his livelihood by driving rickshaw is called a rickshaw pulper. He is, so to speak, a poor day labourer. He can hardly afford to live in a good house. So, he lives in the slum to minimize his living cost. He carries passengers and goods from one place to another place on payment. Most of the rickshaw puller are very poor. There are a few who pull their own rickshaw. Generally he hires a rickshaw from a Mohajan on daily payment basis. At the time of returning the rickshaw, he has to deposit the daily rent. A rickshaw puller does very laborious work. He carries one or two passengers from one place to another. There is no fixed rate of rickshaw fare. It is mutually setteled after bargaining. He works in the hot sun and torrential rain. Sometimes he carries goods on his rickshaw. They earn their livelihood very hard working. But nowadays they Can't do their work properly because of lockdown.
Is it still worth doing this job? How come a hard working man can not afford a home of his own? I hope a better life is ahead and the lockdown will end soon.