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Nashik Villagers Urge For A Good Road
While the city of Nashik is vigorously contesting to become a Smart City, Swapnil Shinde, a primary school of Nashik district walks and stumbles on a dirt road to reach the main road, from where he goes to school which is 12 km away from his village. “Since 2007, we...
Success: Community Gets a Road Back on Track!
The Prime Minister’s Rural Road Scheme (PMRRS) aims to connect the remotest habitations across India to bigger towns and better facilities—healthcare, education, markets. In November 2013, the construction of a new road under the scheme caused panic for some 2,500 people from four villages of Bandagaon District, Jharkhand. Once again,...
Rocky Road Blues
Thirty years ago the road connecting Badamal Panchayat to the rest of Sambalpur District in Odisha was built and greeted with a huge sigh of relief. They would now not remain stuck in the little hamlet and others would be able to come visit them. Their hopes and the road...