This Retired Railway Employee has used his Pension to fill more than 1100 Potholes in Hyderabad : - He starts his car every morning and drives around on Hyderabad roads to repair the potholes. He has filled over 1,125 potholes so far and has exhausted his pension in this process. Know more about the selfless changemaker. Gangadhara Tilak Katnam is a 67-years old retired Railway employee. For someone who has spent a large part of his life in service, the regular course would be to enjoy his retirement and relax with family and friends. The backseat of his car always has a few gunny bags full of tar mixed gravel, which he collects from roadsides. Starting his venture with five bags, Gangadhara's car now carries eight to ten such bags which are emptied whenever a pothole is spotted. And when he stopped finding the dumped gravel on the roadside, he started purchasing it from the contractors by spending money from his own pocket. Such is his dedication to make Hyderabad roads safer for the commuters. He also quit his job to take on this initiative full time. "I became more serious about filling potholes as I witnessed a couple of unfortunate events. A guy on a bike lost both his limbs and an auto collided into a bus causing injuries to the passengers; and both these incidents were caused due to potholes," he says. Gangadhara spends Rs. 500 every day on fuel, making sure that no pothole is left unrepaired. The good samaritan believes that if he can do field work at this age, anyone else can also do some or other kind of work to eliminate the "avoidable sufferings" to our people.
Seeing him work on the roadside, no one came forward to help him. But the lack of support from both government and citizens never stopped this determined man from doing what he believed in.
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