A troubling but heroic incident saw villagers carry a sick elderly man in a makeshift stretcher for 10km uphill, to take him to hospital in the north Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. 

The incident happened on February 13 in the village of Kuna, Sirmaur district. Footage shows men carrying the sick man wrapped in blankets while other locals trailed behind.  

According to reports, due to a lack of adequate infrastructure and connectivity of roads, they couldn't take him to the hospital on a vehicle.  

Reports also state that the construction of a 10 km road from Badol village to Kuna was planned in 2015, but thus far only two kilometres have been built.

Saddening incident when locals carried a sick elderly man in a makeshift stretcher for 10-km uphill, to take him to a hospital in north Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The incident happened on February 13 in Kuna village of Sirmaur district. Visuals show men carrying the sick man wrapped in blankets while other locals trailed behind.  According to reports, due to a lack of adequate infrastructure and connectivity of roads, they couldn't take him to the hospital on a vehicle.  The people had to carry the man for 10-km before reaching the nearest road through the hilly terrain and from there, the man was taken to a nearby hospital, as he was in need of immediate medication.   Reports also state that the formation of a 10 km road from Badol village to this village was planned in 2015. But even after 5 years, only two kilometers of road work has been completed so far, hence, the locals had to continue to follow the same path for travel and transportation when in need.  From the past several weeks, many incidents related to the lack of adequate transportation facilities have been reported in the country.