The new road represents a milestone of sorts in the history of Gundala village in Tiryani mandal. According to the villagers, the road will bring in the development of the tiny settlement, which consists of seven tribal hamlets.
Gundala had already set an example to other villages by growing paddy crops on rocky terrain many years ago, despite a lack of proper transportation, health, and education facilities. Many people praised the dwellers for cultivating the water-fed paddy by dumping soil from an irrigation tank on the rocks. Thodusham Chandu, a scheduled tribal from this habitation, became a doctor from this area for the first time.
Soyam Bojju Rao set a sort of record by earning his MSc and MEd. He raised farming awareness among the locals and advised farmers to grow paddy on the earth with irrigation tanks. He was instrumental in increasing literacy and digging wells for agricultural purposes. He was crucial in tribal unity and self-determination.
However, due to the lack of a road, approximately 200 tribal households remained cut off from the rest of the world. Trekking for at least 5 kilometers through a rocky path to bring rations, reach a primary health center, and buy groceries was a common occurrence here. They had to cross monsoon-flooded streams and deal with wild animals.
Sidam Gangu, a 90-year-old tribal from Gundala, was reported s saying that they were no longer isolated. Many tribals, he said, had lost family members while being transferred to Rompalli Primary Health Centre. During medical emergencies, he recalls pregnant women being transported on cots to nearby habitations.
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The villagers claimed that if they wanted to commute by bullock carts, two-wheelers, or tractors, they had to travel 20 kilometers and spend approximately three hours. “We can now easily reach surrounding villages and families here can save lives by rushing the ill to hospital along the new road,” Marsakola Lingubai, an elderly resident, said.
The villagers were also happy to see a health department ambulance arrive at their habitation for the first time.
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