Gumla: Congress MLA from Simdega, Bhushan Bara, has adopted Karangagudi, a remote village which is extremely backward but a rich hub of sporting talent and has produced as many as seven international hockey players. Addressing a function at Karangagudi to felicitate three women international hockey players on Saturday, Bara announced his decision to adopt the village, located in Kersai block, about 32 km away from the Simdega district headquarters, and promised to take up all-round development work. The three players — Sangeeta Kumari, Beauty Dungdung and Sushma Kumari — were part of Team India which played a six-match series at Santiago in Chile recently. They had scored 10 goals of the team's 18.