Seven Decades Have Passed In Waiting For The Bridge: The Bamboo Bridge Became The Link Between The Village And The City, The Journey Of Two Kilometers Was Completed In 200 Meters

Bamboo bridge is a support to connect the village with the city. – Photo: Social Media Expansion A village in Madhya Pradesh is still longing for its first bridge. There is a tank drain between the village and the city, over which a raw bamboo bridge has become an important part of the life of the people here. This bridge covers the distance from the city to the village in just two meters. If the bridge is not used, the villagers have to take a detour of two kilometres. People have many times demanded the government to convert the kutcha bridge into a pucca bridge. Actually we are talking about village Dhap Tola of District Panchayat Sohagpur adjacent to Shahdol divisional headquarter. The residents of this place have been begging for basic facilities since independence. The city is a few steps away from here, but the drain has become an obstacle. The villagers have made a bamboo bridge by juggling, through which the whole village travels to the city. There is no confidence when the bamboo bridge will break, but the compulsion is such that one has to cross it risking life. The situation worsens in the rains. Not that this is the only way to go to the city. There is another way which leads to the city by going around two kilometers. The villagers are resorting to bamboo bridge to avoid such a distance. many times demand but no one listens

1674477628 The villagers say that although that bridge can break anytime, yet due to the short distance covered, the said bridge was put at risk It is imperative to use Several times demands were made to the top officials of the administration for the construction of a permanent bridge over the Tanki Nala, but till date no one paid any attention to it. Villagers say that the biggest problem is during the rainy days when water comes up to the top of the bridge made of bamboo. In such a situation, to reach the city, instead of 200 meters, a distance of more than 2 kilometers has to be covered. Special Gram Panchayat I am situated in the village

750 The villagers say that after the establishment of Panchayati Raj in the state, there was a feeling that now the picture of the villages would change. But the situation remains the same even today. While Kotma has the status of a special Gram Panchayat. When the divisional headquarters and the village bordering the city are being ignored in this way, then what will be the speed of development in the far-flung villages, it can be estimated by itself. Vice President of Janpad Panchayat Sohagpur Shakti Singh said that the villagers have been demanding construction of a permanent bridge at the said place for years. being done by I am also trying to get a permanent bridge constructed for the villagers soon. ,