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Explainer: Rains add to gloom, bridge dreams still drifting for Sirsa’s marooned hamlets

For 100 years, residents having been making do with a small boat and dangerous makeshift structures to reach schools & hospitals

Our Correspondent

Sirsa, Updated At : 05:57 AM Jul 08, 2025 IST

for over 100 years, more than 20 villages in Haryana’s Sirsa district have depended on a small boat or dangerous makeshift bridges to cross the Ghaggar. Despite repeated promises, and official approval in 2021, the construction of a vital bridge connecting Budhabhana and Farwai Khurd remains incomplete.

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Explainer: Rains add to gloom, bridge dreams still drifting for Sirsa’s marooned hamlets

For 100 years, residents having been making do with a small boat and dangerous makeshift structures to reach schools & hospitals

Anil Kakkar

Our Correspondent

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