According to the villagers, they were waiting for a properly constructed 3-kilometer road since independence. The villagers claimed that they approached concerned administration several times with their demand but to no avail
Kalahandi: The residents of a village under Ambapadar in Odisha’s Kalahandi, who have been waiting for the government to build a road in their village for years, have taken on the task of financing and constructing the road themselves, ANI reported.
According to the villagers, they were waiting for a properly constructed 3-kilometer road since independence. 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 among ourselves for the construction of the road. We brought a JCB machine for the construction of road,” a villager told 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.