Slogging for 27 Years, Shyam Lal Single-Handedly Dug a Pond to Save His Village! :-
"No one helped me in my work, neither the administration nor the villagers."
Most of us are great at complaining about the government's apathy and its disregard for the public. But how many of us actually work towards making a substantial change?
This is the story of an ordinary man who has done something spectacular.
Shyam Lal, a resident of Saja Pahad village in Koriya district of Chhattisgarh has spent the last 27 years of his life digging up and enlarging a pond.
Shyam was all of 15 when he decided to do something about the drought that prevailed in his village, killing many of the villagers' cattle and leaving their fields dry. He did not give in to the jeers and taunts that the villagers would often hurl at him. He took it upon himself to revive the pond.
"No one helped me in my work, neither the administration nor the villagers," the now 42-year-old said proudly, adding that he did it for the welfare of the people and the cattle of his village, as reported by Hindustan Times.
Posted by: Ravi Narasimhan <ravi.narasimhan.in@gmail.com>
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