Villagers in Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh, can't find out when a road shut by the monsoon will reopen, or whose job it is to fix it.
Villagers in Sirmaur cut off by roads damaged in the monsoon
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The problem, broken down
- Who it hurts
- People in remote villages of Sirmaur district whose only link road was damaged in the monsoon, including farmers, students and anyone who needs a hospital.
- The moment
- Weeks after the rains end, still walking several kilometres to the main road, with no date for repairs and no clear answer on which department will do them.
- What people do today
- Villagers raise it with the panchayat, which informs the Public Works Department and waits; nobody publishes a list of which roads are closed or when each will reopen.
- Why it's unsolved
- Some link roads belong to panchayats and others to the PWD, so a closed village road can fall between agencies, and restoration lists focus on major roads rather than small ones.
- What solved looks like
- A public map of closed roads in each district, including panchayat roads, showing who owns each road, when it was reported, the repair status and an expected reopening date, which villagers can update by SMS or WhatsApp.
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Every claim is tied to the source it comes from- 1Villagers in Sirmaur district had to carry the body of an 80-year-old woman on their shoulders for about six kilometres to reach her village, because a road damaged in the monsoon remained closed.
- 2The road has stayed closed since the onset of the monsoon, which arrived in Himachal Pradesh on June 30 and withdrew on October 3.
- 3The roughly eight-kilometre Tina Gularwala road, built in 2014, connects Tina Gularwala and over half a dozen surrounding villages to the Rama-Dhageda main road.
- 4A Block Development Council member said taking the sick to hospital on time has become difficult and farmers' crops are being ruined because they cannot be taken to markets.
- 5The road falls under panchayat jurisdiction; the Public Works Department restores it every year, but this time it remains closed, and the panchayat pradhan said the PWD has been informed.
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Villagers in Sirmaur district had to carry the body of an 80-year-old woman on their shoulders for about six kilometres to reach her village, because a road damaged in the monsoon remained closed. The road has stayed closed since the onset of the monsoon, which arrived in Himachal Pradesh on June 30 and withdrew on October 3. The roughly eight-kilometre Tina Gularwala road, built in 2014, connects Tina Gularwala and over half a dozen surrounding villages to the Rama-Dhageda main road. A Block Development Council member said taking the sick to hospital on time has become difficult and farmers' crops are being ruined because they cannot be taken to markets. The road falls under panchayat jurisdiction; the Public Works Department restores it every year, but this time it remains closed, and the panchayat pradhan said the PWD has been informed.
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