The residents of a village under Ambapadar in Odisha’s Kalahandi, had been waiting for the government to build a road in their village for years, but now have taken upon the task of constructing the road themselves.
The government failed to construct a road even after repeated requests over the years by the villagers. The residents of the village took matters in their own hands by contributing money and constructing the road.
According to the villagers, they were waiting for a properly constructed 3-kilometer road since independence.
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The villagers claimed that they approached concerned administration several times with their demand but to no avail.
One of the villagers said that the residents donated Rs 3000 each for the construction of a road.
“Whenever we complain about roads to administration we are told how can your village have facilities when the block doesn’t have? Hence, we contributed money to ourselves for the construction of the road. We brought a JCB machine for the construction of road,” a villager spoke to ANI.
Another villager said, “During elections, political leaders come to us for votes and promise to make efforts for the road construction but after polls if forget it.”
The road that villagers are repairing is the road that leads from inside the village and connects with the main road.
(With inputs from ANI)