Gov't Failed to Help, So Dad Builds 5 Mile Road BY HIMSELF, So His Kids Can Go To School

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A dedicated father in Kandhamal, India has created positive waves around the world for single-handedly constructing a five-mile-long road to connect his village to the main road in the next town—so his sons could be the first people in his family to attend school.

One of the most oft-repeated arguments presented in favor of the necessity of taxation is that of roads.

"But who would build the roads?"


This question has been asked repeatedly by those who defend taxation as a means to facilitate human travel.

All too often, those who make this argument will claim—incorrectly—that government builds roads. However, roads are not built by governments. Roads are built by private citizens who've been given a government contract to build them.

Often times, due to the inherently corrupt nature of government contracts and backdoor deals, the citizens are fleeced as the pay high prices for inexperienced companies to build substandard roads that fail in only a few years.

While substandard products from government contracts may seem like a waste of taxpayer dollars, many times, the money taken from citizens in the form of taxation never even builds those promised roads.

Jalandhar Nayak realized this problem years ago, so he took matters into his own hands. As the Times of India reported, Nayak, a vegetable seller, said that he never had access to education and seeing his children suffer in crossing the area forced him to take this step and clear the hillocks to make a pathway.

“My children found it hard to walk on the narrow and stony path while going to their school. I often saw them stumbling against the rocks and decided to carve a road through the mountain so that they can walk more easily,” he told News World Odisha.

Instead of using the tax money they were collecting from Nayak's village to build a road to connect them to town, the Block Development Office simply told them to move.

"It is almost an inhabitable area where he lives, we had earlier invited him to come and live in the city but he refused," S K Jena, the Block Development Officer (BDO) said.

Not wanting to abandon his farm and his village, Nayak chose a different path.

Every single day for two straight years this vegetable seller from Odisha state grabbed his tools, consisting of a chisel, a garden hoe, and a pickaxe, and he did what people only think tax dollars can do. He built a road.

#EXCLUSIVE #NewsWorldOdisha Jalandhar Nayak of #Kandhamal turns the #MountainMan of #Odisha by his expedition of carving a path to his house through 5 mountains; He has managed to carve a 8ft wide road trough 3 mountains so far.#NewsWorldOdisha Discovers The #Manjhi of #Odisha pic.twitter.com/FjCyhXfvBi

— News World Odisha (@newsworldodisha) January 2, 2018

Before he built this road, it would take his sons nearly six hours a day just to walk to class and back. Now, however, they can do it in no time, thereby allowing them to contribute more to the family.

Naturally, after Nayak's story began to gain the attention of local media, the government quickly stepped in and offered up their support.

As the Press Trust of India reported, Nayak’s efforts went largely unnoticed until January 9 when the collector invited him to her office, having read reports about him in a local newspaper.

The collector offered him financial support and directed the block development officer (BDO) of Phulbani to engage laborers and complete the road construction work.

“Nayak’s effort and determination to cut mountains to build a road left me spellbound,” the local administrator, Brundha D, told reporters.

Indeed, Nayak's effort and determination are a testament to the power of humanity to accomplish great things—even without our masters in the state telling us we can.

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Wow, what a motivational story!

This makes me think of the road I am trying to build for my family a road of financial success and freedom. The journey at this point seems endless but the road won't pave itself. Just keep on going.

BOOM! Pave your own road mf! Just keep going and make sure to enjoy life along the way! For what is a road, if it doesn't lead to joy and prosperity!?

@mfcrypto Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming swimming swimming.... Hey! That takes on a new meaning now, lol. The #MinnowMilitia = awesome idea. Safer when hanging out with the school than out in the big wide ocean alone. Anyway - I was just reading through some of your work and resteems and I just could't help myself here, the song popped into my head. Just keep swimming. We'll get there. @tftproject, this is seriously cool and uplifting, and I wanted to say thank you for sharing it. I am in total agreement. Taxation doesn't build roads, people do... when they ignore us, we'll just build our own roads. Peace, friend, see you around. I am glad mfcrypto resteemed you and led me to your post, even if I am a bit late to the upvote party, you got one from me!

What a wonderful and uplifting story! These are much needed.

Thank you and keep steeming!

thank you my friend! humans ftw!

Upvoted and re-steemed... Dude!

One of the most oft-repeated arguments presented in favor of the necessity of taxation is that of roads.
"But who would build the roads?"

This question has been asked repeatedly by those who defend taxation as a means to facilitate human travel.

And the answer is to wait until some dude gets so fed up with not having a road he builds one himself?

no, the answer is stop thinking government builds those roads. They don't. You do, I do, you neighbor does. Government is the middle man, skimming off the top!

I was under the impression that third party contractors build roads at a significant markup while cops got loads of overtime pay sitting in their cars at construction sites but other states don't have a police union as powerful as ours and don't require that. Contractors who hire our neighbors, or who perhaps live next door, depending on where you live. I don't know about middle man, the government does not exactly turn a profit, they run up debt in our name. the middle man is in it to make money, the government takes money by force and redistributes it, essentially a protection racket. A necessary one, I don't really want to have to build my own road every time I want to go somewhere. What if some people who lived along the route disagreed with his decision to build a road there or to widen the road?

what a beautiful story, it is amazing what people do to ensure a better future for their children, thank you for this inspirational article.

Thanks Mike! It really is an amazing feat and I think all of humanity has the potential to do such things.

Wow, this is great example of the human spirit not being held back by the government. Kudos to this man and may his sons grow up to do great things.

When the going gets tough, the tough gets going.

This so much better than complaining and giving excuses. Also, it inspires others to take such initiatives. Reading such stories of courage, dedication and problem solving, one will think before raising finger on government or even complaining about situations and not do anything to solve it.

This one for him!

Wow! What this man did makes me realize how much we take for granted here in the United States. I have a brother-in-law who once complained that it took him fifteen whole minutes to get from his workplace to his home. This man from India's sons were having to walk three hours to get to school. Huge difference.