“We have been requesting everyone, including the politicians and the Government, for a road, but they have turned a deaf ear to our request,” said the villagers, adding, “let us see whether the visit of the Collector will bring any change.” The villagers, both men and women, sat with the Collector to discuss about their problems. Interestingly, in spite of the remoteness, almost all the deserving people of the village have been covered by social benefit programmes, like pension and family benefit schemes, nutrition programmes and PDS. More than half of the villagers and more importantly women have bank accounts. “We don’t have any complaint on these programmes; the only problem we face is difficulty in transportation,” said the women.
