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Missing Bridges Threaten Lives in Adilabad Interior Villages
Many villages in the interior parts of Adilabad do not have proper bridges over streams.
During the rainy season, the water rises and makes travel dangerous.
On August 12, a pregnant woman became sick and needed to reach a hospital.
Her family and local youths carried her on a stretcher-like bed across an overflowing stream.
They had no safer route to use.
People in nearby villages say they have asked governments to build bridges for many years.
They want low-level bridges replaced with safer, higher bridges.
They also want officials to finish the proposed bridge between Kerameri and Lokari.
Villagers in interior areas of the erstwhile Adilabad district face dangerous stream crossings, especially during monsoon.
Family members and youths carried seventh-month pregnant Kodapa Rameshwari across the overflowing Goriyaguda stream on August 12.
Residents of several villages say repeated appeals for a bridge have been ignored by successive governments.
Similar bridge and connectivity problems have been reported across multiple mandals in Adilabad and Komaram Bheem Asifabad districts.
Villagers have urged officials to replace low-level bridges and complete the long-pending Kerameri–Lokari bridge proposal.
- Who
- Residents of interior villages, including Kolamguda, Goriyaguda, Ravujiguda and Themlaguda, and local officials.
- What
- A lack of bridges over streams and rivulets is endangering residents and obstructing access to healthcare and roads.
- Where
- Interior areas of the erstwhile Adilabad district, including parts of Adilabad and Komaram Bheem Asifabad districts.
- When
- The latest reported incident occurred on August 12; the bridge proposal has been pending for many years.
- Why
- Overflowing streams during the monsoon leave villagers without safe crossings and reliable road connectivity.
Key facts
- Latest incident
- A seventh-month pregnant woman was carried across the overflowing Goriyaguda stream to reach the government hospital in Kerameri.
- Incident date
- August 12
- Affected villages
- Kolamguda, Goriyaguda, Ravujiguda and Themlaguda
- Reported wider impact
- Similar problems were reported in Gadiguda, Narnoor, Indravelli, Sirikonda, Utnoor, Jainoor, Lingapur, Sirpur, Tiryani and Kotapalli mandals.
- Requested infrastructure
- Residents want low-level bridges replaced with high-level bridges.
- Pending proposal
- A bridge connecting Kerameri and Lokari has been pending for many years.
Quotes
Rathod Ramesh
Villager from Anarpalli village
“The state government should replace the existing low-level bridges with new high-level bridges.”
deccanchronicle.com
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