Man moves mountain

[Bluegum]

Man moves mountain to park truck
From correspondents in Patna, India From: Reuters December 01, 2009 4:48PM

AN Indian villager used a hammer and chisel over the span of 14 years to carve a tunnel through a rocky mountain so that he could park his truck in front of his house.

"I could not park my truck near my house since the mountain blocked my path," Ramchandra Das, 53, who lives in eastern Bihar state's Gaya district, said.

Mr Das said fear of thieves stealing his truck prompted him to work on the tunnel all by himself after authorities refused help.

"I had to leave my truck miles away, so I decided to do something about it myself," Mr Das said by telephone.

Local villagers, who had to trek for miles to get around the mountain are using the 14ft wide tunnel to reach their farms, and praising Mr Das for his work.

"We rarely come across a man who can work so hard to achieve his goal," Prabhat Kumar Jha, a local government official said.


Seemed to funny to be true but apparently it is

[Ozkaban]

Man moves mountain to park truck
From correspondents in Patna, India From: Reuters December 01, 2009 4:48PM

AN Indian villager used a hammer and chisel over the span of 14 years to carve a tunnel through a rocky mountain so that he could park his truck in front of his house.

"I could not park my truck near my house since the mountain blocked my path," Ramchandra Das, 53, who lives in eastern Bihar state's Gaya district, said.

Mr Das said fear of thieves stealing his truck prompted him to work on the tunnel all by himself after authorities refused help.

"I had to leave my truck miles away, so I decided to do something about it myself," Mr Das said by telephone.

Local villagers, who had to trek for miles to get around the mountain are using the 14ft wide tunnel to reach their farms, and praising Mr Das for his work.

"We rarely come across a man who can work so hard to achieve his goal," Prabhat Kumar Jha, a local government official said.


Seemed to funny to be true but apparently it is

The thing that seems funny to me about this is that he was apparently motivated by fear of theives stealing his truck. It took him 14 years, so with the truck is now clapped out and hasn't been stolen in 14 years - if had been stolen they would have said... After 14 years, I'd probbbly not worry any more!

Cheers,
Dave

[artme]

Wonderful story!!!!

That is the thing about people in these sorts of countries, they WILL do things for themselves.

I see examples of really hard physical labour here every day. The achievements of some of these people are astounding.

[snapman007]

he obviously doesn't have an XBox

[snowyskiesau]

Man moves mountain to park truck

Local villagers, who had to trek for miles to get around the mountain are using the 14ft wide tunnel to reach their farms, and praising Mr Das for his work.

I wonder if any of these villagers actually helped him with the tunnel?

[damian]

he obviously doesn't have an XBox

Or a wife...

[SNAFU]

Or a wife...

Maybe he does

[munruben]

Maybe he has a toll on the tunnel