Pradhan Mantri Sadak Yojana (PMSY) has changed the look of village Singpur in Devri development block of Sagar district. Earlier, access to the village was very difficult and tiresome due to mud, dirt and potholes in road.
Now, Madhya Pradesh government has constructed an all-weather pucca road here. Villagers are very happy over construction of the road from Bina Tigadda to Singpur. The road has filled lives of people with enthusiasm. Due to smooth traffic upto city, villager’s economic condition has also improved.
Value of land in the village has increased 3 to four-fold. Sheduled caste people of the village say that there is no curse of untouchability in jeeps and buses; people of all castes sit together. People become ecstatic by seeing movement of vehicles on this 9.3 kilometer long road. A villager Anil Mishra informed that he used to face a lot of hardships in reaching Singpur from Devri. He left the Devri at 9 am and reached Singpur at 7 pm. One villager recalled the days when he had brought one of his sick relative on a cot over his head from Samnapura to Devri.
Some students could not appear at exam since road had become inaccessible due to rains on exam day. Everyone now recall these bitter experiences. In the words of elderly sarpanch of the village, earlier it took 4 to 6 hours to reach Devri from the village. People had to stay there overnight if their journey was delayed. Now, people easily reach Devri in just 20 minutes.
Now, government schemes are being operated easily in the village and maximum number of people getting their benefit. Onion growing farmers are also very happy. Their produce is taken by traders from village itself at proper price. Not only Singpur, the construction of the road has also benefited 6 to 7 nearby villages also.