PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE | Ramnagar
In a display of community initiative and action caused by frustration due to official apathy, youths from Chhoi village in Ramnagar area of Nainital district took matters into their own hands and filled potholes on local roads that had become a hazard and had increased the risk of accidents in the area.
Frustrated by the administration’s inaction, the young residents formed a team and gathered sand, gravel, and cement to repair the damaged roads themselves. Taking turns, they filled potholes in their area. Expressing disappointment with the apathy of the authorities considering the fact that chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has repeatedly ordered officials to make the State’s roads free of potholes, the villagers said that despite repeated problems, the local authorities had paid no attention to the poor condition of the roads.
