After 22 years of relentless effort, Dashrath Manjhi, a laborer from Gehlaur, carved a road through a mountain to improve access for his village.
A poor laborer named Dashrath Manjhi, in Gehlaur, India, spent 22 years carving a road through a mountain with just a hammer and chisel after his wife died because the nearest hospital was separated from their village by an entire mountain, forcing people to travel nearly 70 km extra.
