Stock Photo - Money distributes among the labourers at Bholaganj stone quarry At least 9,000 people including 3000 women and 1000 children work as stone laborer, on the bank of the Dholai river, in Bholaganj, Sylhet Millions of tons of boulders, pebbles and stones slide along the strong current of the Mari river, coming from the great Himalayas of India The average income of the stone laborers is less then 150 taka per day, about 2 US Dollars Stone extraction goes on in the area for about eight months a year, except the rainy season On an average 300 truck load of stones are sent to Sylhet and other parts of Bangladesh everyday Bangladesh June 2009