Dakshina Kannada villagers build pedestrian steel bridge through crowd-funding

Took matters in their own hands after petitions to elected representatives failed to yield results

After their demand for a bridge across a rivulet did not get any response from the Karnataka government, like-minded people of a village in Dakshina Kannada district accomplished the task on their own. They built a pedestrian steel bridge through crowd-funding. The rivulet is on Edoni-Eranagudde-Mogra Road at Mogra village under Guthigar Gram Panchayat in Sullia taluk. The road connects to Balpa and Guthigar towns. Balpa Gram Panchayat was, incidentally, selected by Dakshina Kannada Member of Parliament Nalin Kumar Kateel as ‘aadarsha grama’ (model village).