Great Relief

the great news.
In a few minutes, this is just all I have time to write about.
The idea of the coal siding at McCluskiegunj seems to have been called off. I will gather some more news on the topic and be back.

Cemetery Disputed Land

The land shown in the pic. is of the portion of land that belongs to the cemetery but is being claimed by a local resident named 'Dwarika Prasad Sahu'.

During the time that the Burial Board here was under a gentleman named Jerry Williamson, Dwarika approached him and asked him if he could use the land for cultivation. Jerry agreed on a condition that half of the crops would be his. The agreement and cultivation carried on as long as Jerry Williamson lived. After his death, the cultivation continued and Dwarika now claims he is owner of the said land.

A case was being fought in the court at Ranchi, where Dwarika lost the case. After winning the case, the then President of the Board, Michael Perkins had a concrete cross fixed in the center of the land. Dwarika and a few of his men broke down the cross and shouted slogans against Perkins. Now the land is under IPC section 144.

The bricks stacked at the end of the land were dropped for the boundary wall of the land whose measure in not known to me but it is nearly 2 acres.

The Damodar Bridge

DAMODAR BRIDGE
The nearly completed bridge. Currently the work has been stopped but it seems it will be resumed shortly.... There's just a small stretch to complete.

We are really looking forward to its completion

The Gunj Cemetery

These pictures were taken in Dec. 2010.
Note the years mentioned on the graves. Some are dated as far as 1932. Eliza Janet Stringer, Lily Charles, Gladys Smith, William Charles Stweart, Amelia Jones, Regina Sarah Carpenter and William Fredrick Smith were the people whose graves are shown above.



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