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Their village wasn’t getting a road. So 25 Jharkhand women took matters into their own hands
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The Indian Express
Armed with shovels, plastic tubs and a steely determination, the women got to work – paving the first motorable road to the village.
Over the last week, 25 members of the women’s self-help group in Pichhulia village in the Kanchanpur gram panchayat banded together to lay the crucial approach road that links the village to the rest of the world.
Story continues below this ad“In September, our women’s self-help group held a meeting and decided that enough was enough,” Geeta Devi, a member of the self-help group, tells The Indian Express.
“Village residents have trouble getting eligible marriage partners from nearby areas since people weren’t keen on connecting with a village with no road,” Geeta, quoted previously, says.
After we women paved the road, vehicles finally entered the village.