Imphal, July 04 2010: Their villages located only 10 km away from Imphal but the villagers have to remove their footwears and pull up their trousers to trudge a three kilometer stretch of the inter-village muddy road, the only route connecting the villages with the rest of the world.

The villages�Khuningthek, Taorem and Sarouthel lie within the Khundrakpam Assembly Constituency of Imphal East district, only 10 kilometer from Imphal city.

The only route connecting these villages with other parts of the state is the cattle-road, only 3 km from Tangkham village.

But, the villagers have never before seen a single pebble or boulder lying on the road to make it an accessible one.

The road running from Tangkham to Khuningtek is the only route of which length is just about 3 km but with no improvement works at all since ages.

The villagers are facing extreme hardship to reach Tangkham for their onward journey to Imphal or any other places they wish to go.

They are confronting is during the rainy season said the villagers.

They have to consume three hour in crossing the three kilometer stretch.

Apart from this, they had to travel the whole stretch of the on bare foot amid mud.

Most inconveniences facing by them is at time of evacuated a ailing person.

No vehicle allowed to go and takes the ailing person to hospital as the vehicle has to remain stuck in the mud before reaching the village.

Most pitiful thing was that of the students.

They have to carry an extra bag for carrying their school uniform and shoes as they need to change their clothing after crossing the muddy road before reaching school.

No government or private school at any of the three villages.

Small children have to be dropped by their parents or guardians on their back upto until crossing the dilapidated road and wait their till their children back from school sparing a member of the family from all chore of the family.

When some reporters visited the condition of the road, not a single boulder was found on the stretch of the road and villagers were seen travelling mud upto the knee.

Besides, villagers have to lift all their essential items on head.

Sometimes they use bullock carts to carry the items, villagers said.

Villagers also lamented that they had requested authorities for several times to make the road at least a jeepable one but so far they could not draw the attention of the authorities to address their grievances.

Still they are seem not losing hope and once again drew the attention of the local MLA and authority concerns to relief them from man made woe.

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