Villagers join hands as appeals to govt ignored

People of Dabirbhita village in Kushtia Sadar upazila have set up a good example by repairing a four kilometer road voluntarily.
They collected about Tk 2 lakh as donation and worked together to renovate the road as all appeals fell on feed wears of authorities.
People of all walks of life including women, children and school students joined hands in the work. More than 3000 people worked for about a months to complete the work.
The lone road, linking Dabirbhita village with the upazila headquarters, was badly damaged during last year's flood. People make reperated aooeals to the authorities to repair it, but to no effect, villagers told this correspondent during a visit on Saturday.
Sarwar Hossain Sardar of the village took the initiative to renovate the road. Sarwar, a businessman and social worker, urged villagers to join him. But the response was poor as a good amount of money was needed for the work.
Sarwar then bought bricks and brick-chips in a cost of Tk 40, 000 and started the repair work alone on June 20.
Sarwar's initiative charmed other villagers and they joined hands.
The villagers then called a meeting on June 17 where an appeal was made for voluntary contribution.
" We got an unimaginable response," Sarwar said.
The affluent people provided funds and the less poor gave labour.
The repair work was started in full swing on June 18 and the work was completed in the first week of this month, villagers said.
All the villagers joined the work spontaneously. Day labourers worked without payment, students joined them after school hours and women helped them in whatever way they could.