Description : 41-year-old Khaimon Begum was brought to a hospital in Dhaka after she had been hit by a ‘Nocimon’ (tractor, locally built with power pump machine) while crossing a road in Rangni, Meherpur. “I had to have a surgery that required five bags of blood. Yet blood is needed for more surgeries. I have no relative in Dhaka. How shall I afford the surgeries? Dhaka, Bangladesh. August 29, 2011. One of a set of images from the Photo Story, Tears on Highways, by Noor Alam.