Kundpapur, Oct 23:

The long-cherished dream of 75 families of Uppinakudru was finally fulfilled when a newly-constructed road was inaugurated here on Monday October 22. What makes the occasion special is that the road has been built by the people themselves.

For the past 20 years, no road has been constructed in Hadibettu village. There was a ‘road’ where people could walk, but it was far from motorable. In rainy season the situation would worsen and even walking would be a harrowing task.

Poor roads are not uncommon, and neither are protests from people. Every now and then frustrated citizens march on streets demanding better roads, but here in Hadibettu, perhaps out of frustration or resourcefulness, the people themselves pooled in their money and built the road.

The initiative was taken by the locals which included president of Catholic Sabha Kundapur varodo Precilla Menezes, Flora Dias, Norbert D’Silva and team. They took the help of gram panchayat Tallur president Raghu Poojary who gave the no-objection certificate (NOC).

The people spent around Rs 1,60,000 on the work. Mani Sherigar helped with the mud. Looking at the zeal of the people, the gram panchayat assured some help toward road development in the future.

The newly-constructed the road was blessed by Fr Sunil Veigas, parish priest of Tallur Church. The road was inaugurated by president of gram panchayat Raghu Poojary Tallur.

Anant Mowadi, member of zilla panchayat said that road is a basic need of every citizen. He congratulated the people who took the initiative of constructing the road.

Member of gram panchayat Anand Billava, Girish Aithal, president of auto rickshaw drivers’ association Shekar Poojary, Stany Almeida, Urban Mendonsa, Tallur gram panchayat PDO Vivek and secretary Vasudev were present.

Precilla Menezes proposed the vote of thanks.

source: http://www.daijiworld.com / Home> News> Top Stories / by Silvester D’Souza / Daijiworld Media Network – Kundapur / Tuesday, October 13th, 2012