Koraput/Narayanpatna: Residents of Kharikana village under Narayanpatna block in Koraput district are on cloud nine as the commuting woes they have been facing for at least seven decades now will come to an end soon. Following media reports about the communication difficulties of the tribal-inhabited village, the block administration has started building a road to the village by cutting a hilly terrain. About 80 per cent of the work has been completed while the remaining work is going on in full swing, said sources. “During monsoon, we have to go through a lot of hardships.
In emergencies, patients are carried on cots across the river to help them reach the embankment on the other side of the river where the ambulance waits. Pregnant women with labour pain face a lot of difficulties when they keep on waiting for hours to be taken to a hospital. Absence of a bridge and a road to the village had made our lives miserable,” some villagers lamented. They also said that there are instances of woman patients succumbing to labour pain before reaching the hospital.
During monsoon, it becomes a Herculean task for the people of the village to cross the river and carry out farming activities or bring ration from another village. “The road work will be completed within a few days and communication with the village will be easy,” said junior engineer Akshaya Sahu.