Lack of bridge isolates eight villages

TUMKUR: The monsoon has again brought suffering for residents of eight villages of Koratagere taluk as there is no bridge to help them cross the big torrent which separates them from district centre. While children have to reach schools by crossing the temporary vulnerable bridge built with areca tree logs by farmers, cattle are forced to swim across.
The remotest villages in coastal Karnataka, which receive an annual rain fall of 3,500 mm do not suffer the problem as they are provided with bridges. But villages of Tumkur district which receive 550 mm annual rain fall, have been suffering since years.'Lack of funds'