estions:
Passage 1: Ulhas Mandlik, 35, a power-loom owner from Ichalkaranji, Maharashtra, and his mother
were homeward-bound one evening when heavy rain forced
them to take shelter beneath a bridge.
Not far
away, a small group of labourers huddled together under a
part of the cement housing above a
16 metre
deep well used to pump water for irrigation.
Suddenly, Mandlik and his mother heard the labourers scream. When the two got to the well, they
were told that a five year old boy named
Hariya had fallen in through a side opening in the structure.
Ignoring his mother's fears, Mandlik quickly
knotted together lengths of flimsy rope belonging to the
labourers and asked them to lower him into the
dark well. "I hope the rope holds," he thought. As he
descended, Mandlik noticed
the metal rungs on the wall of the well. He grabbed hold of one and
started climbing
down, when he saw the boy clinging to a pipe running up the well's centre Grabbing
the child, Mandlik started to climb praying that the old rungs wouldn't give away and plunge them
both into the churning water below. Their luck held and within a few minutes, Mandlik clambered to
ground level and handed over Hariya to his sobbing father. The man fell at Mandlik's feet and offered
him some money as a reward. Refusing the cash, Mandlik took Hariya and his family to a nearby
eatery and offered them steaming tea to warm them up. Several organisations have honoured Mandlik
for his bravery and presence of mind on that wet day three years ago. "I am happy I was at the right
place at the right time," he says," and was able to return a little boy to his family.
व्हाट वेयर उषा'एस मदर'एस फेयर रियली एसोसिएटेड विद ​