Diglipur, May 04: In a big respite for inhabitants of a remote hamlet in North Andaman ahead of the monsoon season, the Assistant Commissioner of Diglipur, Mr AK Trivedi inaugurated a wooden bridge over Kalighat creek at Nischintapur on recently.
The construction of the bridge was completed in a record period of two months under the MNREGA scheme. Constructed by the Gram Panchayat, Kalighat, the bridge generated about 839 mandays and expenditure of about 3.98 lakh was incurred for the 63 mtr long bridge.
The Divisional Forest Officer, Diglipur, Mr Ajay Kumar, Pramukh, Panchayat Samity, ZP Member, Kalighat, Pradhan, Kalighat and a huge gathering of villagers attended the inaugural function.
Nischintapur village has a population of about 250 and villagers used to commute through a wooden bridge over Kalighat creek. But heavy rains coupled with stormy winds led to the collapse of the bridge every year and villagers were forced to use dinghies to commute through the creek infested with huge salt water crocodiles. The villagers of Nischintapur had staged an indefinite hunger strike at Kalighat in recent past, which prompted the authorities to jump into action for construction of the wooden-bridge.
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