Seasonal lean period \\\'monga\\\' exits sans bite

The seasonal lean period of ‘monga’ passed off from Rangpur region without any bite for the 6th consecutive time this year following a big change in the overall socioeconomic condition of the common people. The poor led normal life this year during the 2-month long seasonal lean period ‘monga’ though it generally prevailed from Aswin 1 to Kartik 30 (Sept 13-Nov 15) causing immense suffering to the common people due to joblessness even 7 years ago. The situation has been changed now sustainably as the government has irreversibly eradicated ‘monga’ relieving the poor from the decades-old curse of extreme poverty. According to social experts, the poor, day- and farm-labourers did not feel any bite of ‘monga’ this year for the 6th consecutive time during the 2-month long lean period that continued till Agrahayan 1. The poor have achieved self-reliance mostly through small-scale enterprises, trades, cottage industries, sewing handloom garments, homestead farming, pisciculture, rearing poultry birds, animals and participatory social forestation and other activities, according to a news agency.