MANGALURU: With petitions and a documentary addressed to the prime minister yielding no results in over seven decades, hundreds of Kamila-Mogra villagers pooled money and built a 50-foot-long bridge across a creek.
bridge over Mogra In Sulia taluk of the district, their cost is about one lakh rupees. It is wide enough for pedestrians or bikers to reach the other side in one go, but villagers are not complaining as it has successfully resolved their monsoon worries.
The Nala passes through Kamila-Mogra in Guthigru Gram Panchayat, making road connectivity difficult for most part of the year. When the water is knee-deep, most of the villagers pass through the creek, putting off their plans to go to the other side for the rest of the year. village, 100 km from Mangaluru, has a population of 2,000. Fisheries, Ports and Inland Transport Minister S Angara, who represents Sulia, told TOI: “I have submitted a proposal to the government for the construction of a bridge at Kamila-Mogra at an estimated cost of Rs one crore, But it hasn’t been approved yet.”
In November 2020, the Civic Action Committee of Kamila-Mogra made a 3.45-minute documentary highlighting their problems due to lack of roads and bridges and sent it to the PM. When repeated appeals did not get any response, the villagers joined hands and with the help of engineer Patanjali Bhardwaj, son of Padma Shri Girish Bhardwaj, built a three-feet wide bridge, known as the ‘Bridge Man’.
Mahesh Puchchappadi, a member of Gram Bharat, told TOI: “Organisations and companies, among others, came forward to support the construction of ‘Gramsetu’. After this, we consulted Patanjali Bhardwaj, who agreed to build the bridge.
bridge over Mogra In Sulia taluk of the district, their cost is about one lakh rupees. It is wide enough for pedestrians or bikers to reach the other side in one go, but villagers are not complaining as it has successfully resolved their monsoon worries.
The Nala passes through Kamila-Mogra in Guthigru Gram Panchayat, making road connectivity difficult for most part of the year. When the water is knee-deep, most of the villagers pass through the creek, putting off their plans to go to the other side for the rest of the year. village, 100 km from Mangaluru, has a population of 2,000. Fisheries, Ports and Inland Transport Minister S Angara, who represents Sulia, told TOI: “I have submitted a proposal to the government for the construction of a bridge at Kamila-Mogra at an estimated cost of Rs one crore, But it hasn’t been approved yet.”
In November 2020, the Civic Action Committee of Kamila-Mogra made a 3.45-minute documentary highlighting their problems due to lack of roads and bridges and sent it to the PM. When repeated appeals did not get any response, the villagers joined hands and with the help of engineer Patanjali Bhardwaj, son of Padma Shri Girish Bhardwaj, built a three-feet wide bridge, known as the ‘Bridge Man’.
Mahesh Puchchappadi, a member of Gram Bharat, told TOI: “Organisations and companies, among others, came forward to support the construction of ‘Gramsetu’. After this, we consulted Patanjali Bhardwaj, who agreed to build the bridge.
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