Farmer builds bridge across stream to reach his field in Medak

For Kamari Ramulu and his son Dattu Kishore, residents of Tekmal mandal headquarters, the best proverb to frame and hang on their wall could be ‘Where there is a will, there is a way…’.

Ramulu owns 15 acres of land on one side of a stream called Gundu Vagu, which would be in full swing for a major part of the rainy season. 

Apart from Ramulu, many other farmers own lands on the other side of the stream. Whenever



the stream comes to life, the farmers have to travel some five to six kilometres to reach their fields. Though a 60-yard bridge would reduce the distance between their fields and village to a few meters, there was no such bridge.

 During the last rainy season, Ramulu could not transplant paddy as the stream did not allow them to cross for 15 days. After suffering repeated losses, Ramulu and his son Kishore decided to build a bridge on their own.