No residents of Belabuda village under Athmallik block of Angul district ever dared to construct a concrete roof for themselves as a superstition prevailing in the locality for hundreds of years forced them from doing so. As bizarre as it may sound, the village never had a house having a concrete roof until local BDO Sanjay Kumar Acharya managed to convince the villagers that they were falling prey to the blind belief. As per the superstition, any one constructing concrete roof in the village would face a certain death. So much so, the Government school, the Anganwadi Centre and all pucca houses in village were without concrete roofs.Eventually, the BDO was able to convince the villagers to allow construction of a pucca house with a concrete roof in village. Locals were involved in the construction work of the house, which was built at a cost of Rs 3 lakh sanctioned from Kandhapada panchayat.