North Bengal: Daily struggle of people in a remote village in Alipurduar

The state government's development has not reached the Alipurduar-II block's Pukuria village, which is just 20 km from the district headquarter.

Pukuria village in the Alipurduar-II block in the northeastern part of West Bengal is an isolated island. The state government's development has not reached this block's Yashodanga region, which is just 20 km from Alipurduar district city. In the monsoon, 2,000 people risk their lives to cross the Bamni river in Toitambur on a thermocol raft every day. The river flows through the bosom of Yashodanga.