Dhanbad villagers build 2km road across hill

Villagers in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad district decided to have faith in their own abilities to carve a road out of a hill after failing to get the administration and public representatives to move to their plight even after repeated requests.

In over a month, more than 150 residents of Gangapur in Dahuldih panchayat of Baghmara block under Rajganj police station in Dhanbad district built a 2km-long and 10-feet wide kutcha road across Rajabanspahad (a hill) without cutting a single tree.

“The villagers had approached Tundi MLA Mathura Mahato, former BJP MP (from Giridih) Ravindra Pandey and even the block development officer on several occasions for the past few years. But all of them had only given verbal assurances.