#WATWB - GANGADHARA TILAK

 “Only a life lived in the service of others is worth living” Albert Einstein

I found this story about a person by name Gangadhara who has retired from the Railways. He has taken upon himself as a mission to repair the pot holes on the road in our city, Hyderabad. It is said that he used to carry gunny bags full of tar mixed gravel which he collects from road sides. He began with 5 bags and now increased to double, all these bags in his car at the back seat. 

When he was unable to find the gravel he started purchasing with his money, spending his pension money to repair the pot holes in Hyderabad. It is said that he has managed to fill up more than 1000 pot holes in the city exhausting his pension. Gangadhar has taken this has his personal responsibility, of taking his car out every day to identify pot holes and ensure that it gets filled up.

He explains that one day when he took the car out, the car hit a pot hole and the muddy water splashed on few kids surrounding in that area, and he says he felt so ashamed that he spent rupees 5000/- to get that repaired, on another occasion he recalls witnessing accident of a person on the bike where he lost both his limbs because of pot holes, and an auto rickshaw that collided with a bus due to the pot hole causing injuries to passengers.  

This motivated him to work tirelessly and thus he committed himself to focus on closing the potholes on the road. Gangadhara Tilak  is an inspiration to all those around him, when people started noticing him filling up the pot holes. They volunteered to join him in this work. Looking at his commitment and devotion the (GHMC) Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation  supplied him with BT Mix materials.

He continues filling up 500 rupees petrol every day to go around the city looking for the pot holes, his family was not happy as they felt that after retirement he could take a break and rest but his determination motivated enabled his son to support him in this venture, an later his son developed an app which can help people send locations to Gangadhaar.

In the current scenario wherein nobody bothers to take responsibility for such things, and instead of doing good work, are ready to criticize the government for not functioning as it should. Gangadhaar is light in the darkness bringing brightness in a world spreading light by taking that extra effort to ensure that people who commute on our roads are safe and save themselves from major mishaps. For further reading given below is the link.

https://www.thebetterindia.com/24115/67-year-old-man-used-his-pension-to-fill-dangerous-potholes-of-hyderabad-roads/

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