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Indian villager takes 14 years to dig tunnel through mountain

News Type: Event — Seeded on Tue Dec 1, 2009 10:32 AM EST
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An Indian villager burrowed for 14 years with a hammer and chisel to cut a tunnel through a mountain so that his neighbours could reach nearby fields and he could park his truck outside his home.

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cartooncat

He might have got there much quicker if his neighbours had lent a hand though....

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Reply#1 - Tue Dec 1, 2009 10:32 AM EST
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KyleN

The motives attributed to him are odd, 14 years digging a tunnel so bandits might not steal his truck? Those are some really slow bandits. And it takes 7000m to bypass a 10m obstacle?

But best of all was the villagers unwilling to help but happy to take advantage of his efforts. He should charge a tunnel toll.

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#1.1 - Tue Dec 1, 2009 10:42 AM EST
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cartooncat

The bandits were waiting all this time. Now they can rob his house, load all the stuff onto the truck and make off with it all too!

:-)

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  • 3 votes
#1.2 - Tue Dec 1, 2009 10:53 AM EST
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joe-1495957

it was 10 meters to go through, 7 Kilometers to go around....

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#1.3 - Tue Dec 1, 2009 3:14 PM EST
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UNCLEMIKE

I have to wonder if they could have just moved the town.

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Reply#2 - Tue Dec 1, 2009 11:01 AM EST
{"commentId":10969460,"authorDomain":"mstanley2265"}
mstanley2265

Also have to wonder how he shored up the tunnel. The other man took 22 years to do same. His must have been smaller :)

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Reply#3 - Tue Dec 1, 2009 11:22 AM EST
{"commentId":10969633,"authorDomain":"british-lassy333"}
Britlassy

Wonders how many chisels he went through?

I was thinking about the movie The Shawshank Redemption ... where he tunnelled out with a very worn down rock hammer....

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Reply#4 - Tue Dec 1, 2009 11:29 AM EST
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jameseg

I commend him for his perseverance.

I do hope the tunnel is safe. I wouldn't want a tragic cave-in after all that effort.

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Reply#5 - Tue Dec 1, 2009 12:02 PM EST
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{"commentId":10972227,"authorDomain":"poorshot"}
Jimmy-915356

He should have claimed he saw Osama BinLaden nearby and the U.S. Military would have dug it for him...

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Reply#6 - Tue Dec 1, 2009 1:23 PM EST
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Stanoi

Well on the last comment , the US military if they though it was worth the trouble to get to OSAMA, they would blow up the mountain and level it

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Reply#7 - Tue Dec 1, 2009 6:40 PM EST
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Eflanagan

dedication

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Reply#8 - Thu Dec 3, 2009 2:38 AM EST
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mstanley2265

preserverance - had to add to that...and forgiving since supposedly no one else helped him but made use of the tunnel after it was built

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Reply#9 - Thu Dec 3, 2009 9:26 AM EST
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