India, Dec. 3 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
For decades, the people of Sahibganj (Jharkhand) and the surrounding districts have lived between two realities, one on their side of the Ganga, and the other just across it. The distance may be short in kilometres, but the struggle has been long: costly boat rides, missed appointments, families unable to reach hospitals on time, and traders paying extra because supplies arrived late. Now, as the new bridge linking NH-133B in Jharkhand with NH-131A in Bihar rises above the river, hope has taken the tangible shape of steel and concrete.
"For us, Rs.100 for a boat is a big amount," says Ramkesh, a local from Mahadev Ganj. He describes long waits, unpredictable steamers and the a...