Himachal Pradesh: Suicidal bridge finally gets government attention

Shimla | Thursday | 12th July, 2018

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DHARAMSALA: A bridge over the Bear River connecting Kangra and Hamirpur districts has finally got the government attention after around 30 years of its inception. Kumar belongs to Nadaun area which is adjacent to this bridge.People of Bharoli and Nadaun area have expressed gratitude to the administration for taking this step. Whenever such an incident of suicide happened they had to involve themselves to recover the body of the deceased. They said that on an average five cases of suicides happens here every year.Incidents of suicides have also given tough tasks for the adjacent village heads. Moreover, this was not the only purpose it will fulfill while in addition to that it will also protect the river from getting polluted as commuters also throw garbage and other materials easily in the river” said Sandeep Kumar , sitting deputy commissioner of Kangra district ..