Bauxite mining booms, villagers build own road.

Bauxite mining booms, villagers build own road.

Thuamul Rampur/Kashipur: Bauxite mining continues on the hills above, while villagers below are carrying stones, soil and tree trunks to build a road and a makeshift bridge they need to reach schools, the panchayat office, ration supplies and farmland. The situation has come to light in Mali village under Chandragiri gram panchayat in Kashipur block of Rayagada district, where residents have taken up construction of a temporary road and wooden b…