People celebrate after road construction work starts

People exchanging sweets as construction work of road starts. — Excelsior/Nischant
People exchanging sweets as construction work of road starts. — Excelsior/Nischant

Excelsior Correspondent

SAMBA, Jan 16: The people of Darui Panchayat started celebrating and dancing with joy after the road construction work was taken up in their village for the first time since Independence.
As soon as the JCB machine was installed, the people of the village started dancing to the beats of the drum and exchanged sweets among themselves.
The construction work on 2.50 kilometer road has been started at an estimated cost of Rs 2.29 crore.
Vimla Devi, the Sarpanch of the Panchayat had played very important role in getting the road built.
Vimla Devi said people were engaged in trying to get this road constructed since 2009 but finally the work started in 2022.
“People were trying to get this road constructed since 2009 and finally the work has been started in 2022. This road is being built under the NABARD scheme, only for three villages. Approval has been received and after completion of this work, our next goal is to connect this road to many villages from Nangal, Khirdi and others till Purmandal”, said Vimla Devi.
People of the area expressed their happiness and also thanked Sarpanch for putting in her sincere efforts for the construction of the road.