Officials in a flooded village in west India built a jury-rigged bridge using tractors to help people reach a voting station, in an amazing display of ingenuity.

The village of Kambleshwar near Baramati, Maharashtra was expecting to vote on state legislature elections on October 21, but when officials arrived they found the designated voting building had been flooded.

Thinking quickly, they brought in six tractors and joined their trolleys together to create a 50-feet long bridge and let voters reach the polling centre, which normally served as the village school.

Election Commission of India spokesperson Sheyphali Sharan said: “Despite heavy rains, voters were facilitated by innovative and available means at polling stations 351 and 352 in Kambleshwar village, Maharashtra.”

It takes a lot of ingenuity to hold elections in India, a country with a population of 1.3 billion people.

Election officials turned up at Kambleshwar village near Baramati in West India on October 21 to hold elections for Maharashtra state legislature.

They found that a village school, which had been designated as polling centre, had been completely flooded due to overnight rains.

Thinking quickly, they brought in six tractors and joined their trolleys together to create a 50-feet long bridge and let voters reach the polling center.

People were happy to cast their votes without having to wade through knee-deep muddy water.

The makeshift bridge won the appreciation of senior government and Election Commission officials.

Election Commission of India spokesperson Sheyphali Sharan said: “Despite heavy rains, voters were facilitated by innovative and available means at polling stations 351 and 352 in Kambleshwar village, Maharashtra.”