Joda-Bamebari road works in limbo

Due to the poor condition of this crucial route, over 50,000 people in Joda and Jhumpura blocks continue to face hardships

- POST NEWS NETWORK

Inordinate delay in Joda-Bamebari road works has severely hit development in the mineral rich Joda region of Keonjhar district.

For the past eight years, work on the expansion and construction of the Joda-Bamebari section of State Highway-2 has not begun. Due to the poor condition of this crucial route, over 50,000 people in Joda and Jhumpura blocks continue to face hardships.

Locals blamed the stagnation on administrative apathy and a lack of political will. Repeated appeals have yielded no results, leaving the residents frustrated over the long neglect of the region's mining belt.