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BSS, Gaibandha

A meeting on mitigation of monga organised by District Administration was held at the conference room of district collectorate building on Thursday.

With Deputy Commissioner Quazi Anwarul Hakim in the chair, the meeting was addressed, among others, by Lt. Colonel Syed Fazley Ahmed Kader, deputy director of Department Agriculture Extension Abdul Matin, district relief and rehabilitation officer M. Rafique Ahmed, president of Gaibandha Chamber of Commerce and Industry Shahzada Anwarul Kadir and assistant general manager of Sonali Bank Ataur Rahman.

The speakers said due to the occurrence of monga in the district during the months of October and November almost every year the poor and the day labourers suffer from untold miseries.

They suggested various ways to eradicate monga by providing the jobless with jobs so that they earn a living.

Quazi Anwarul Hakim said special programmes have been undertaken to overcome the monga situation which included launching of special VGD, VGF programmes and food for work.