Harihar Behera a tribal man in Nayagarh district has carved out a three-km-long road through a mountain with in a period of 30 years.

A native of Tulubi village under Odogaon block in Nayagarh district, Harihar constructed the road digging mountain over a period of 30 years by help of his late elder brother Krushna Behera. According to Harihar, many years back, a group of residents of his native village had met a local MLA and than minister with a plea for the construction of a road connecting their village. However, the minister reportedly said that nobody can construct a road to a hilly village like Tulubi.

The dejection drove Harihar Behera to embark on the journey to create history. Since then, after finishing works in his farmland, Harihar started devoting the remaining time for the construction of this mountain road. After years of hard work, the 3-km-long stretch became a reality. A villager of Tulubi, said, “After the minister said none can construct a road to our village, Harihar started to carve out the road through the mountain. Some times villagers also extended help to him.
Harihar said,
'Relatives, while visiting our village, used to forget route and get lost in the forest. Even they were bound to stay in the jungle entire night due to fear of snakes and wild animals.
Then I thought for how long will we face the problem and decide to construct the road on my own. I and my elder brother worked for the road after finishing the agricultural works and the road has become a reality now,” said Harihar.

Seeing the efforts of Harihar local MLA and Present Agriculture and Higher education Minister Arun Kumar Sahu instructed the local officials to construct a pichu and cement road upto the village of Harihar. Accordingly work has been started by R. D. Department. Some portion of the roads are made all weather and now a four wheeler vehicle or ambulance can reach the village of Harihar in urgent cases.