UP villagers build bridge through crowdfunding after government inaction

India Today

Villagers in Kayampur and Sona, Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, have initiated a crowdfunding project to build a bridge across Mangai River after years of government inaction.

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00:00Let's turn to tonight's Get Real India story,

00:02stories that we get you from different parts of the country

00:05that often slip off the map.

00:06What do you do if a government doesn't listen to your needs?

00:10Well, people in a village in Uttar Pradesh

00:12seem to have decided enough is enough.

00:14So, they've decided to collect funds on their own

00:18to build a bridge that they've been trying

00:21to get the government to build for years.

00:23Here is our Get Real India story

00:26from a village in Ghazipur.

00:31GHAZIPUR

00:37They waited for the government to build a bridge.

00:40But when no help came,

00:42the people of Kayampur and Sona villages in Ghazipur

00:46decided to take things into their own hands.

00:51They started building the bridge across Mangai river

00:54through crowdsourcing.

00:56The foundation of the bridge was laid on February 25th, 2024

01:01by Allahabad High Court Judge Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav.

01:19The work is being done under the supervision

01:21of a retired engineer.

01:25I would like to thank the man who retired from the military

01:30and contributed Rs 10 lakhs.

01:32He also called Shekhar and demolished the foundation of the bridge.

01:39Ravinder Yadav.

01:41At present, villagers use a temporary bamboo bridge

01:44which is rendered useless during rains.

01:49When the flood comes,

01:51we are late by an hour and have to travel by boat.

01:54When the flood comes, we are late by an hour and have to travel by boat.

02:00The school has been shut down.

02:02The children will have the opportunity to go to the hospital

02:06or the head office in Ghazipur.

02:09We will be able to save 40 kms of time.

02:17After videos of the bridge went viral,

02:20district authorities stepped in.

02:23We will check the strength of the bridge

02:26and whether it can be built under the PwD's department

02:31and what are the advantages of it

02:33so that there is no risk of accidents or public safety.

02:41People of the villages, which are dominated by the Yadav community,

02:45claim that the bridge is a proud example of self-reliance.

02:49With Vinay Kumar Singh, Bureau Report, India Today.

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