Dasrath Manjhi

Dasrath Manjhi, who died in 2007, was born in a poor labourer family of a village near Gaya in Bihar. His wife died without any treatment, because the nearest town with a Doctor was 70 km away from their village. So, he did something unthinkable. He single-handedly carved a 360-foot-long, 25-foot-high and 30-foot-wide road by cutting a mountain of Gehlour hills with a hammer, chisel and nails working day and night for 22 years from 1960 to 1982 to connect Atri block and Wazirganj. That is why he is known as the Pahad Purush or Hill Man of Bihar.

The State government, after building pucca roads between Atri and Wazirganj and Atri and Gaya,has now decided to open the six-bed Dasrath Manjhi Hospital, which will cater to at least 50 villages.