Published 13:50 IST, September 20th 2020

Good News: Anand Mahindra gifts tractor to Bihar man who dug 3-km tunnel in 30 years

A man who single-handedly carved out a three km long canal to direct rainwater recently received a reward for Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra.

Reported by: Riya Baibhawi
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A man who single-handedly carved out a three km long canal to direct rainwater recently received a reward for Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra. Lungi Bhuiyan, who dug relentlessly for 30 years, has received a brand new tractor free of cost. Mahindra is quite active on social media and often goes a step ahe to help people in distress amd support new invations. 

story reached Mahindra on September 18 after a Journalist Rahin Kumar tagged him in a tweet where he described Bhuiyan story earlier. He ded that only thing Bhuiyan wanted was a tractor. Mahindra immediately replied to Kumar and wrote that giving a tractor to Bhuiyan would be a blessing for him. In same tweet, he also asked whereabouts of Bhuiyan so that he could offer a tractor to him.

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Siddhinath Vishwakarma, Mahindra dealer in region said that Anand Mahindra came across a tweet about Bhuiyan and decided to give him a tractor. He n asked area office to send a tractor to him.

‘Mountain man 2.0’

Surrounded by dense forest and mountains, Bhuiyan’s vill named Kothiwala lies about 80km away from Gaya district hequarter, is marked as a refuge for Maoists. Bhuiyan, who is a farmer by profession was bored seeing that all water from mountains went to river, leaving farmer’s land dry. As per ANI, after waiting for a few years, Bhuiyan decided to sing handedly carve a long tunnel to direct water from fields to hills.

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13:50 IST, September 20th 2020