For the residents of Ludhiar village in Jawali subdivision of Kangra district, a medical emergency can become a life-threatening experience. With no proper road connectivity, villagers are forced to cross the flooded causeway across the local Anaad rivulet on foot, which is fraught with danger during the monsoon season when the water level of the stream surges. The residents of upper Ludhiar village faced a grim situation on Tuesday when they had to carry on a bed on their shoulders a young boy, who had suffered a fracture in a leg in a road accident, and wade through the swollen causeway to cross the rivulet and reach the nearest road head. From there, the boy was taken to a private hospital in Pathankot. The strong current of the swollen rivulet posed a grave threat but the villagers showed courage and carried the injured boy on their shoulders across the flooded causeway. What should have been a simple journey to hospital turned into an ordeal.