Patna,
(BiharTimes): The mountain man of Gahlour,
Dashrath Manjhi, who breath his last at New Delhis
All India Institute of Medical Sciences on Friday
evening got state burial on Saturday evening. Manjhi,
who was suffering from cancer and was admitted to
AIIMS on July 24 last, was about 80.
The chief
minister, Nitish Kumar, flew to Gaya to
receive his body which was brought from Purshottam
Express on Friday afternoon. Paying a glowing tribute
to him at the condolence meeting at Gaya railway
station he said that a person was known not by his
caste or birth but by his deeds. The chief minister
said that the proposed hospital and road to be built
in Gahlaur, will be named after him.
Speaking
on the occasion the speaker of Bihar
assembly, Uday Narayan Chaudhary, recalled that he was
a man of great resolve who once travelled from Gaya to
Delhi on foot. At each railway station he would seek
the signature of station master and ask for food from
him.
Dasrath
Bhuniya, who later came to be known as Dasrath
Manjhi, shot into fame in late 1980s when he
accomplished the challenging task of hewing out 360
feet long, 30 feet wide and 25 feet high passage
through the hill of Gahlaur. It took about 22 years
(from 1967 to 1988) to complete this taskthe time
which Taj Mahal took.
Though
the road could not be built during his life
time because of the bureaucratic delay his dream may
be fulfilled after his death. The passage dug by Manji
has brought the two blocks of GayaAtri and
Wazirganjmuch nearer.
Though
Manjhi made all these enormous efforts to
mitigate the hardship his late wife used to face the
truth is that once this road is built the later
generation of the region will greatly be benefited.
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