When expectations from the government were dashed, the villagers took up the spade and built an 80-foot bridge over the Tamna river at Bhagalpur.

Deepak Rao, Bhagalpur News: 80 thousand people in 15 villages have been forced to travel 10 kilometers due to Tamna river located in Saraha village of Shahkund block under Bhagalpur district. As MLA, MP, First Minister, Deputy Chief Minister, even though they have been continuously petitioning for 25 years, the people here are fed up. When the government's Hope Bridge collapsed, some people went to Dashrath Manji's route with shovels and built an 80-feet-long bridge at a cost of Rs 13 lakh. The current MP, MLA and First Deputy Chief Minister confirmed that the current MP, Girdhari Yadav, MLA, Professor Lalit Kumar Mandal, former MP, Jaiprakash Yadav, former Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi was replaced by former MLA Subodh Roy. They inspected the place during their term of office. He promised to build a bridge and provide facilities to the people. After a series of promises, when the patience of the people here ran out, he took up the work of shoveling himself. Apart from this, the villagers collected donations and hired laborers on subsidized wages to prepare the bridge. An 80-feet long bridge was constructed through the efforts of Bhagirathan of Sarha village. Shiromani, a young social worker, lamented that since this bridge was not built, 80 thousand people had to travel 10 kilometers to places like Bhagalpur, Shahkund Block Headquarters, Hospital, Amarpur etc. More than 1000 people cross this bridge every day from areas like Saraha, Kapsona, Bikanpur, Mal Kanpur, Katara-Kanpur, Distapur, Modabadi, Daulatpur etc. Also Read: Why Delay in Patna Gaya Dhobi NH Construction? The bridge builders, who will be probed by the high court lawyers, said that the bridge was built at a cost of 13 lakh rupees and the people here prepared the bamboo bridge with the joint efforts of the people. More than Rs.50 thousand was spent annually for this purpose. Due to multiple expenses and lack of better facilities, the people here, especially Shiromani, Kageshwar Yadav, Sarpanch Vijay Yadav, Rambukar Gupta, Bihari Yadav and Manohar Yadav collected more than three lakh donations from the villagers. Following this, he collected about Rs.10 lakh from himself. The bridge was constructed at a total cost of Rs.13 lakhs. Also Read: Land surveying work in all areas in Bihar Eight pier bridge on 20 feet deep Tamna river supported by eight piers 80 feet long, 12 feet wide to be reviewed every week The construction of the foot deep Tamna river was completed on Thursday evening. This bridge is made of 25 x 25 inch piers. Apart from this 300 workers were employed on concessional wages. The long wait ended with a collaborative effort. It is said: Bridge builder Saraha and the people of the surrounding area have been trying for the bridge for the past 50 years. Leaders of all parties behaved in a deceptive manner. Due to the negligence of the administration, the bridge had to be built by joint efforts. Villagers' solidarity with Chiramani and young social worker Pul Nirmam came to the fore when they boycotted the polls in unison before the Lok Sabha elections. In the absence of a concerted effort, the bridge was built by collective effort. Vijay Yadav, Construction of Sarpanch Bridge will benefit the public a lot. The bridge was built in a month by joint efforts. Public, farmers and people of different areas will get facility to go to hoodia, market, block office, hospital, students school, college. Bihari Kumar, a social worker, said the long-standing problem was solved by building a bridge. About 80 thousand people will get this facility. Social Worker Rambukar Gupta The post Defying government expectations, villagers pick up shovels and build 80-feet long bridge over Tamna river in Bhagalpur appeared first on Prabhat Khabar.