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Tikamgarh Villagers Build Risky Makeshift Bridge After Administration Fails
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News18•06-10-2026, 17:30
Tikamgarh Villagers Build Risky Makeshift Bridge After Administration Fails
- •Villagers of Ranipura in Tikamgarh district collected funds to build a temporary floating bridge using plastic drums, ropes, and bamboo.
- •The bridge serves as a daily lifeline but poses a severe threat to lives as it sways dangerously over deep water.
- •Locals claim that despite repeated appeals to leaders and the administration for a proper bridge, no action was taken.
- •School children and daily commuters are forced to use this hazardous route due to the lack of alternative safe roads.
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Villagers in Ranipura village built a temporary floating bridge using plastic drums, ropes, and bamboo after years of pleading with the government and administration failed to get a permanent bridge constructed over the pond's submergence area route.
The makeshift bridge is swaying and entirely unsafe, serving as both a daily lifeline and a major hazard. If someone loses their balance while crossing, they plunge straight into deep water.
The only alternative route to leave the village is several kilometers long, extremely dilapidated, and full of mud, which heavily forces residents and school children to use the risky floating drum bridge instead.
