{"id":1222,"date":"2019-03-27T17:23:22","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T17:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doerlife.com\/?p=1222"},"modified":"2020-07-21T07:54:49","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T07:54:49","slug":"gangadhar-tilak-fills-potholes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebglory.com\/doerlife.com\/gangadhar-tilak-fills-potholes\/","title":{"rendered":"71-Year-old Gangadhara Tilak Gives New Life to Hyderabad Roads."},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span class=\"TextRun SCXW127118275 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW127118275 BCX0\">A man, who did not crib about the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW127118275 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW127118275 BCX0\">deteriorating<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW127118275 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW127118275 BCX0\">\u00a0conditions of the roads.\u00a0Instead, he did something about it.\u00a0He is the man who did not wait for the Government to do its job. As a responsible citizen, he voluntarily has been filling more than 1500 potholes of the Hyderabad streets.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW127118275 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1223\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1223\" style=\"width: 491px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1223\" src=\"http:\/\/doerlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Shramadaan-Tilak-Be-A-Doer.jpg\" alt=\"Gangadhar Tilak Katnam, Road Doctor, Potholes, Be A Doer, Inspiring, Influencer\" width=\"491\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/celebglory.com\/doerlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Shramadaan-Tilak-Be-A-Doer.jpg 960w, https:\/\/celebglory.com\/doerlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Shramadaan-Tilak-Be-A-Doer-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/celebglory.com\/doerlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Shramadaan-Tilak-Be-A-Doer-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/celebglory.com\/doerlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Shramadaan-Tilak-Be-A-Doer-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/celebglory.com\/doerlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Shramadaan-Tilak-Be-A-Doer-245x184.jpg 245w, https:\/\/celebglory.com\/doerlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Shramadaan-Tilak-Be-A-Doer-260x195.jpg 260w, https:\/\/celebglory.com\/doerlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Shramadaan-Tilak-Be-A-Doer-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1223\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credits- The Better Indian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Gangadhara<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Tilak\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Katnam<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">is a retired Software engineer of the Indian railways. Hailing from a small village of Godavari district, he led a typical common man\u2019s life. Taking a good education, devoting\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">his<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0life to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">his\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">job, raise a family, and then retiring peacefully. His story would have been no different had he\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">not\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">experienced this simple incident that changed the course of his life. He was once driving his car which fell into a pothole and the muddy water splashed on a few\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">school-going\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">kids\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">walking nearby.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<strong>He was left ashamed that being a regular tax-payer, he could not\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><strong>even\u00a0<\/strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>have access to basic good roads.<\/strong> The incident was ingrained in his mind. When he\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">read in newspapers about\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">lives lost\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in bike accidents\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">because of potholes<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and witnessed a few accidents himself,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0he\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">instinctively\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">appealed to the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">responsible\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">government\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">authorities\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to take appropriate measures.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Of course, as we know with our Govt, his pleas were not responded to. Probably it wasn\u2019t the Election time yet (pun intended).\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Let\u2019s pause and think. How many times have we cursed the potholes in a day? My maximum count was 12 on a monsoon morning! No kidding. I blamed the govt, cried on my back luck, pitied people who live in slums, and finally calmed myself saying \u201cYeh India\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">hai<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Yahan<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">toh<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">sadkon<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0se\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">zyada<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">gadde<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0hone hi\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">hai<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Kya\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">kar<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">sakte<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">hai<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0ab!\u201d My life, that was disrupted beyond proportion by the inconvenience, as it could have endangered my life, was back to normal in no less than 5 minutes. A billion lives that are disrupted each day on commute because of bad road conditions, eventually calm down by saying \u201cKya\u00a0kar\u00a0sakte\u00a0hai\u00a0ab!\u201d Let\u2019s get serious people. A report by the Guardian says that Potholes in India claim more lives than terrorist attacks!\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/jul\/25\/more-deadly-than-terrorism-potholes-responsible-for-killing-10-people-a-day-in-india\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">We have been losing 10 lives each day because of potholes.<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Unlike most of us,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Gangadhar<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0was not disheartened that his pleas were not heard. Nor did he waste time in any blame game.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><strong>He chose to be a Doer. Not a Cribber.\u00a0<\/strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On an August morning, he himself set out in his car with a bag of gravel and other necessary equipment and material, to spot and fill potholes of Hyderabad.\u00a0He gradually became addicted to this social service. He&#8217;d utilize his office breaks and lunch hours to look for potholes and repair them. However, his job obviously imposed time restrictions for his mission. Such was his drive, that he took voluntary retirement from his job and decided to be devoted full-time to nurs<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ing<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the roads. No points for guessing, he is fondly called as\u00a0<\/span><em>the\u00a0<\/em><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><em>Road Doctor.<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1228\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1228\" style=\"width: 483px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1228\" src=\"http:\/\/doerlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Gangadhar-Tilak-Be-A-Doer.jpg\" alt=\"Gangadhar Tilak Katnam, Road Doctor, Potholes, Be A Doer, Inspiring, Influencer\" width=\"483\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/celebglory.com\/doerlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Gangadhar-Tilak-Be-A-Doer.jpg 640w, https:\/\/celebglory.com\/doerlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Gangadhar-Tilak-Be-A-Doer-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/celebglory.com\/doerlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Gangadhar-Tilak-Be-A-Doer-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/celebglory.com\/doerlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Gangadhar-Tilak-Be-A-Doer-245x184.jpg 245w, https:\/\/celebglory.com\/doerlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Gangadhar-Tilak-Be-A-Doer-260x195.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1228\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credits- The Better India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Earlier he used the dumped gravel found on the roadside. But as he started filling more potholes, he started spending his own money. He uses most of his pension so that Hyderabad can have safer roads. Since his retirement, every day, he goes out in his car to spot potholes and fill them up. What started with filling that one pothole that splashed muddy water on kids, he has come a long way with more than 1500 potholes and 15+ drains filled.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">He did not get a lot of support initially. That did not deter him<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0at all<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. He is a staunch believer of &#8220;Be the change you want to see in the world&#8221;, which also, by the way, is the motto of his now established organization\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shramadaan.org\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cShramadaan\u201d<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0which means, the charity of labour. Never collecting any donation to aid his work, he spent his own scarce pension. He wanted people to come and join him by putting their sweat into the service, not just money. You can judge his simplicity and vision in his\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/k6b-UyB3hwE\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">appeal<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to the citizens to come and join him in his noble work, even for one day in a year.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Soon, his work started gaining popularity and he received a lot of national and international media coverage. He received an acknowledgment from none other than Mr. Amitabh Bachchan on a reality tv show.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1224\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1224\" style=\"width: 434px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1224\" src=\"http:\/\/doerlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Gangadhar-with-Amitabh-Bachchan-Be-A-Doer.png\" alt=\"Gangadhar Tilak Katnam, Road Doctor, Potholes, Be A Doer, Inspiring, Influencer\" width=\"434\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/celebglory.com\/doerlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Gangadhar-with-Amitabh-Bachchan-Be-A-Doer.png 678w, https:\/\/celebglory.com\/doerlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Gangadhar-with-Amitabh-Bachchan-Be-A-Doer-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/celebglory.com\/doerlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Gangadhar-with-Amitabh-Bachchan-Be-A-Doer-640x360.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credits- Citizen Matters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Many citizens, inspired by him, have realized their responsibility and joined hands with\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Shramadaan<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0From June 2012, even the GHMC (Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation) started supplying BT Mix material to Gangadhar<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1225\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1225\" style=\"width: 362px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1225\" src=\"http:\/\/doerlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Shramadaan-Be-A-Doer.jpg\" alt=\"Gangadhar Tilak Katnam, Road Doctor, Potholes, Be A Doer, Inspiring, Influencer\" width=\"362\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/celebglory.com\/doerlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Shramadaan-Be-A-Doer.jpg 960w, https:\/\/celebglory.com\/doerlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Shramadaan-Be-A-Doer-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/celebglory.com\/doerlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Shramadaan-Be-A-Doer-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/celebglory.com\/doerlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Shramadaan-Be-A-Doer-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/celebglory.com\/doerlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Shramadaan-Be-A-Doer-245x184.jpg 245w, https:\/\/celebglory.com\/doerlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Shramadaan-Be-A-Doer-260x195.jpg 260w, https:\/\/celebglory.com\/doerlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Shramadaan-Be-A-Doer-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credits- The News Minute<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Exemplary examples of good citizenship such as this one are no excuse for the unpardonable negligence on the Govt and the Municipal corporation\u2019s part. In an ideal society, people like Mr\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Gangadhara<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0should be enjoying his retirement rather than being on a forever lookout to fill potholes. Nonetheless, he is a noteworthy illustration of how we must all play our part in making this society a better place rather than shifting the blame on one entity. One need not go as extreme as Mr\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Gangadhara<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to contribute. Just mindful thinking about our country and fellow countrymen in our daily actions will do. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Let us all pledge to be the change we want to see in the world.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man, who did not crib about the\u00a0deteriorating\u00a0conditions of the roads.\u00a0Instead, he did something about it.\u00a0He is the man who did not wait for the Government to do its job. As a responsible citizen, he voluntarily has been filling more than 1500 potholes of the Hyderabad streets.\u00a0 Gangadhara\u00a0Tilak\u00a0Katnam\u00a0is a retired Software engineer of the Indian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":1227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1222","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-influencers","8":"category-inspiration","9":"gallery-content-unit"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gangadhara Gives New Life to Hyderabad Roads. Fills 1500+ potholes.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"71-year-old Gangadhara Tilak has filled more than 1500 potholes of Hyderabad. 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