Unassisted, Shyam Lal, Digs 15-ft Deep Pond In 27 Years

For years, Saja Pahad village in Chhattisgarh’s Koriya district faced water shortage. Villagers found it difficult to quench the thirst of their cattle, but they did not know what to do. And the government, too, did nothing.

Then one day 15-year-old Shyam Lal decided to take his spade and dig a pond. Fellow villagers laughed at him. But the tribal teenager was determined.

Lal identified a spot in the forest in and kept digging — for 27 years, according to villagers.

The result is nothing less than that of Bihar's mountain man, Dashrath Manjhi — a one-acre 15-feet deep pond, which is filled with the elixir of life.

Read more of this inspiring story by Ritesh Mishra published in Hindustan Times....