It seems straight out of the Dilip Kumar-starrer Naya Daur in the 1960s wherein villagers on their own initiative built a village road.
Around ten villagers under Bari block in Jajpur district, may have not seen the Hindi movie, but have done something similar by building a 130- meter-long bamboo bridge. It is not reel story but a real one in these remote villages, crisscrossed with Bramahani river and its creeks.
The villagers were facing a lot of problems due to the non- construction of the bridge for which in a meeting on October 30, they decided to construct the bamboo bridge from their own fund and labour for which they collected cash and paddy from each house. About 2,000 villagers had paid about Rs 50,000 and 10 quintals of paddy. The work started on November 4 and with free labour, they managed to construct the bridge.
They built the bridge within a short span of period of only eight days, said Mahendra Nayak of Kimbhiripala. After the construction of the bridge, the people of riverside villages of Kusabata, Kalakhanda, Swainkhanda, Jamapada, Balia, Paramnandapur, Isanapur, Kharipadia, Kimbhiriapala, Balichanchia, Dhalsahi, Maladav, Junanga and others are now well connected with the nearby town Bari.