Monga hit people
In these days of every year we see hundreds of poverty stricken people of the greater district of Rangpur thronging the highways, nearest market places for food and cash money. In their colloquial they call it monga, which means without or having an insufficient quantify of food due to absence of employment. The situation is disquieting no doubt and newspaper columns are full of dissertation by the leaders of the society and political parties, although no permanent solution has been found. The government in the current year's budget has earmarked a sizeable amount for amelioration of financial hardship of the marginalized people but nothing tangible has been reported. A good number of NGOs have been working in those areas only to lend money at high interest rate, but failing to guide them as how to invest the fund.
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