It’s a known fact that things that our country’s roads can in most areas take decades to be constructed or even repaired. What makes things worse is the government’s lackadaisical approach to things. People aware of their slow reaction are often pushed to take matters into their own hands.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
SOURCE\/HINDU\/Twitter<\/span><\/p>\n Well aware that it could take ages for the government to take action and fix a broken bridge, a group of 75 villagers in Karnataka joined hands to reconstruct it.<\/p>\n According to a Hindu<\/em> report, Brahmanakeppige village of Shivamogga district in Karnataka is practically an island surrounded by the Kalkattu rivulet, a tributary of the Sharavati river. Only a 100-metre wooden bridge connects it to the outside world.<\/p>\n On August 9, the bridge got washed away due to the heavy rainfall in the area. The 75 residents of the village in Karnataka did not wait for help from <\/span>officials, and under the supervision of the local carpenters (Lokanna, Manju and Lakshman), started to build themselves a new bridge. And they did that in less than 24 hours.<\/p>\n Don’t Miss <\/p>\n Locally sourced wooden logs were used for the construction that began bright and early at 7.30am. By 4.30pm, it was open for pedestrians and two-wheelers.<\/p>\n The Tumari Gram Panchayat decided to utilise Rs 15,000 from its own funds to rebuild the bridge themselves, reports Hindu<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n In a similar instance, Gangadhar Rout, a retired livestock inspector from Odisha’s Kanpur village, was so frustrated with the government’s lack of initiative to build a bridge that he took the task upon himself.<\/p>\n The sight of the unfinished bridge left Gangadhar Rout so angry that he decided to do something on his own. A selfless man, Rout broke in to his pension savings and started planning the construction on his own with aim to give the village the long overdue bridge.<\/p>\n