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Villagers construct wooden bridge in UP's Fatehpur, shame authorities into action
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7/4/2025
In Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur district, residents of Kripalpur village took matters into their own hands after years of neglected pleas for a bridge over the river.
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to get real India. When the system fails in this country, people sometimes rise.
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In Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur district, that's what's happened.
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The residents of Kripalpur village went on to build a makeshift wooden bridge
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after multiple requests for a proper bridge to the authorities fell on deaf ears.
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Now the district administration has been shamed into action
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and is promising the villagers to build a bridge after the monsoon.
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Take a look at Get Real India.
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With no solution in sight for a decades-old demand,
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the villagers of Kripalpur in Fatehpur district decided enough was enough.
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Repeated pleas for a small bridge over a seasonal river went unheard.
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So the villagers picked up wood and rope and started building one themselves.
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Frustrated by years of neglect, this makeshift wooden bridge
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was their only shot at ending daily connectivity woes.
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But the authorities didn't take kindly to the villagers' initiative and ordered them to dismantle the structure
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and instead offered a boat to ferry people across.
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But the authorities didn't take kindly to the villagers' initiative
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and ordered them to dismantle the structure and instead offered a boat to ferry people across.
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Now, after the story grabbed attention, officials have assured the villagers that a permanent bridge will be built,
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but only after the monsoon.
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I have promised to the villages that I have sufficient now.
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I will provide you 2, 3, 4, 9 to you.
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But we will not give you the life of your life.
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We will not give you the opportunity.
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For decades, children have had to wade through water just to reach school.
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Letters to elected representatives went unanswered.
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With Samad Srivastava in Fatehpur, Bureau Report, India Today.
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