Last week the building next door was some sort of coaching center, and this week it is being knocked down to make way for yet another 10-story apartment building.
The only tools on this demolition job site are sledgehammers and crowbars.
The sledgehammer crew wear flip-flops and no ear protection, and earn Tk 500 per day ($6.50). Windows, doors, and everything that could be removed was pulled out first to sell. The bricks from the walls are also cleaned up, chipping off the mortar, to be sold for Tk. 5 apiece. Once the concrete is broken up, the re-bar can be sold as well.
The video above was taken from our living room window. Needless to say, the sledgehammer demolition has made for a noisy week. After they finished breaking up the roof of this stairwell, they started on the walls, swinging the sledgehammers at the wall directly under their feet.