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Mother’s Day special: Meet 15-year-old Karnataka boy who dug well for his mother

Shivamogga (Karnataka) : Expressing unconditional love towards his mother, a 15-year-old boy dug a 45-feet well for her so that she didn’t have to walk half a kilometre in search of water for her family.

India TV News Desk India TV News Desk Updated on: May 08, 2016 23:41 IST
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Pawan Kumar

Shivamogga (Karnataka) : Expressing unconditional love towards his mother, a 15-year-old boy dug a 45-feet well for her so that she didn’t have to walk half a kilometre in search of water for her family.

It took Pawan Kumar, who lives in a village in Karnataka, over 6 weeks to dig a well behind his house.

Appreciating his efforts and love for his mother, the village started calling him “Bahubali” as Pawan Kumar resemble the character from the movie of “Bahubali” who shifts the Shivalinga to the waterfall.

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The courage of this boy proved that if you are determined to gift your mother such an unexpected thing then no one can stop you from going ahead.

“I had my holidays and I thought why not dig a well for my mother, who spent a minimum of two hours to get water,” said Pawan.

The villagers even advised him to not to attempt such a difficult task when he started digging in March.

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“Not just my friends, even my mother asked me not to struggle and said she was used to getting water from the village well,” he added

Pawan, who was once an aspirant of joining the police force, said he dig 45-feet by himself but was forced to take help from two workers after he fractured his one hand in April.

“I was a little disappointed when I found no water even after digging for over six weeks. To top that, I even fractured my hand. I called two professional well diggers, who dug another 10 feet,” Pawan added.

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