RATANPUR (Murshidabad), 17 NOV: Villagers here have embarked on a collective effort for constructing a clay road which would serve as a short-cut and curtail around 30 km road distance to reach their district headquarters of Behrampore.
As the local gram panchayat preferred to sit idle, the residents of Ratanpur village at Khargram block of Kandi sub-division in Murshidabad, decided to build a 2-km clay road without government help. The road, running on a plot of lowland adjoining their settlement, would enable the villagers to avoid travelling 30 km out of their way.