Due to dry weather and a water shortage, farmers have been leaving the area. So five big sh?ya (estate owners) come together and propose a new irrigation project to save the village. The local bugy? (governor) is concerned about the difficulty of such a project, so he makes it conditional: if the project fails then the five estate owners will forfeit their lives. Five hanging platforms are constructed to remind them of their fate. But everyone works hard on the project to ensure its success and when completed the water runs beautifully. The village is saved, and so too are the lives of the five estate owners. So they burn down the hanging platforms which are no longer needed.
