Gangadhara Tilak this name itself has created quite a humdrum in our country, this man who truly believe in the quote “’Be the Change” and he himself conveniently proved that a single person is enough to make a visible change in our society. This man is known as the Road doctor by the common people of Hyderabad as he always works for the betterment of the road, it is known to all that damaged road can be life threatening sometimes and it had proved to be deadly as many kind of accidents took away many lives due to various types of road damages especially the potholes, many times these potholes creates some embarrassing situations specially during the rainy …show more content…
Gangadhara Tilak a simple man of sixty six years born in a farmer’s family in a Yarnadeum village in the west Godavari district he is a man who is admired by every single person a man who started the journey towards the betterment of mankind after getting retired from his nine to five job.
Worked previously as a senior engineer in southern railways for 35 years he took his retirement in the year 2008, he took up a job of a consultant in a software company and led a simple life it was at this time he thought of doing something for his country but was confused about what to do. One day while he was driving his fiat car unfortunately the wheel of his car fell on a pothole and he ended up splashing muddy water on the dress of a school going girl and her mother totally unintentionally and many other unwanted accidents took place in various places due to the potholes and making repeated complaints to the police and local councillor nobody paid any initiative towards repairing those potholes. The most remarkable incident which changed his mind was the accident which took place at the old city area in Hyderabad where an RTC bus collided with an auto and killed a person immediately …show more content…
Tilak agrees that he could feel that slowly the mindset of the people are changing and they started to think for the nation rather than thinking only about themselves, Tilak’s work had been greatly admired by the common people and the media and he got a lot of appreciation from them but according to him it is good to get appreciated for his work but he feels that if the political people had paid mor e attention to his work then it would be better for the country’s future as this is the responsibility of those people who made the system to bring some change to the system.
The man with unstoppable determination:
It is very hard to find such men who sacrificed his comfort for the betterment of the common citizens of India being a high rank government officer he could have easily lead his retired life by enjoying and relaxing with his family and friend but he chose a lot more difficult work of a labourer working in harsh climate all alone. He never thought of his own relaxation and fun rather he felt the pain of those people who lost their dear ones in an accident due to road accident and thought of bringing the change all alone. We salute the hard work and determination of Mr. Tilak who proved to