<p class="title">Without road connectivity to Holekudige village in Mudigere taluk, family members had to carry the body of a man who passed away on Wednesday, on a coracle to the village to conduct final rites. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Raghavendra (35), son of Krishnayya who was ailing for the last few days, passed away at a hospital in Surathkal in Mangaluru on Wednesday. Lacking road connectivity, the family had to shift the body to their native using the service of a coracle, to cross the swollen Bhadra river. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The residents had been demanding road connectivity to the village for the last several years. The village lacks basic facilities. Though the authorities promised to construct a road, it has not been fulfilled so far. </p>
<p class="title">Without road connectivity to Holekudige village in Mudigere taluk, family members had to carry the body of a man who passed away on Wednesday, on a coracle to the village to conduct final rites. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Raghavendra (35), son of Krishnayya who was ailing for the last few days, passed away at a hospital in Surathkal in Mangaluru on Wednesday. Lacking road connectivity, the family had to shift the body to their native using the service of a coracle, to cross the swollen Bhadra river. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The residents had been demanding road connectivity to the village for the last several years. The village lacks basic facilities. Though the authorities promised to construct a road, it has not been fulfilled so far. </p>