Laxmi Gautam

Phidim, March 24:

After a decade of efforts and a sum of Rs 1.5 million were not enough to construct the Goruwale-Prangbung road, locals of Prangbung, Sidin and Memeng VDCs joined hands and constructed the road in just two months. The DDC had allotted an annual budget of one lakh rupees for the road. Only a four-km stretch was constructed with all that money. And, as the Panchthar DDC reduced the annual budget to Rs 50,000, locals of the three VDCs joined hands to construct the remaining seven-km stretch. They constructed the stretch in two months, Udaya Timsina, a technical assistant, said. He said 7,000 people contributed voluntary labour worth Rs 5 million.