Girish Bharadwaj (May 2, 1950 in Karnataka) is an Indian social worker often referred to asSethu Bandhu andBridgeman of India for building around 127 bridges in remote villages across India. He was conferred thePadma Shri award in 2017.[1][2][3][4]
Personal life
editBharadwaj was born on 2 May 1950 and hails fromSullia inKarnataka. He graduated with a mechanical engineering degree in 1973 fromP.E.S. College of Engineering inMandya.[1][5] He and his wife Usha have 3 children.
Career
editHe built his first bridge in 1989 across thePayaswini river at Arambur in Southern Karnataka. Since then, he has built around thirty bridges in Kerala, two each in Telangana and Odisha, while the rest of his works are in various parts of Karnataka.[3][6]
References
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