Villagers of S Gelbung build village road without any assistance from Govt
Source: The Sangai Express

Kangpokpi, March 06 2019: Village chief of S Gelbung village, Seiboi Haokip while speaking to our correspondent said that the villagers have taken on the stupendous task of building village road without any financial assistance from the Government.

The village Chief further said that as their petitions for road construction to the Government in the past had all gone in vain, the villagers in its annual assembly this year have unanimously resolved to connect S Gelbung to the outside world with whatever resources the village have while adding that with the contribution from the poor villagers including his contribution they have started construction of 8 Km long road from Twidam to S Gelbung since February 12 by hiring a JCB at the rate of Rs 1800/- per hour.

Seiboi Haokip shared one heart-shocking incident that an ailing person died on the way to hospital carried on a stretcher due to absence of motorable road.

He also said that officials of electricity department had come to survey their village for electrification but they went back saying that the project failed due to non- motorable road.

Moreover, the geo tagging system introduced by the government in any developmental programmes is a curse for the village as no office staff would like to come to our village for geo-tagging as they have to go miles on foot up and down the hill terrain, he added.

The village chief also expressed concern that their road construction work are still at the halfway and they don't know when their fund will get exhausted.

He wished for financial support of the local MLA and MDC to make their dream and mission to connect S Gelbung village to the outside world a successful one.

S Gelbung village is situated in the interior southern part of the state approximately 10 Km away from the international border (Myanmar) and it is around 70 Km away from Churachandpur District Headquarters via Sangaikot Sub Divisional Headquarters having a population of 250 villagers and 45 households.

The village is still far away from modern civilization owing to the nonavailability of motorable road since the establishment of the village decades ago.

The villagers depend mainly on agricultural and livestock produce and the nearest motorable road from the village is Twidam village that too is not an all weathered road.

Apart from the absence of motorable road and despite of the Government tall claimed of electrifying all Indian villages, S Gelbung has no electricity, primary school and medical facility.

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