Odisha tribal boatman mortgages farm to build bamboo bridge
The Hindu
The 100-metre-long bridge built over Indravati River connects two southern Odisha districts of Koraput and Nabarangpur
A tribal boatman in Odisha’s Koraput district has built a bamboo bridge by mortgaging his sugarcane farm after the country boat he was operating to ferry people was damaged.
The 100-metre-long bridge built over Indravati River by the boatman, Jayadev Bhatra, connects two southern Odisha districts of Koraput and Nabarangpur and has become the lifeline for about 10,000 people of three panchayats.
The boatman had long been ferrying people on his country boat Basuli Ghat and he was assisted by his son, Banamali Bhatra. The Indravati River separates Koraput’s Gumudi panchayat from Kantasaraguda panchayat of Nabarangpur district.
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