No road link, Lahaul-Spiti villagers a harried lot

Dipender Manta

Tribune News Service

Mandi, September 19

Residents of Yangla and Kurched villages in Lahaul-Spiti are demanding the road connectivity for better transportation facilities.

According to them, the work on the road to Yangla village was started in 1988, while for Kurched village in 1990 but due to the apathy of the successive governments, the construction work could not be completed.

As a result, the residents have been suffering for years for want of transportation facilities.

Similarly, the residents of Kurched village have the same grudge.

The villagers said they had raised their demand with the state government many times but to no avail.

XEN, PWD, BC Negi at Udaipur said the construction of a road towards Yangla was in progress. A bridge was being constructed on the Chandra river to connect the village.

He said to connect Kurched with road, the work on the road is in progress. Some areas of the proposed road link fall under the forest area, which required clearance from the department. As soon as the they got the clearance, the road would be constructed.

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