46 Year Old Fills Potholes To Pay Tribute To His Son

Whenever Dadarao Bhilhore spots a pothole he stops and fills it using his bare hands. He uses  broken pavers black and debris collected from construction sites to fill them up. And then he stomps on it to level the pothole. Once the job is done he searchs for a new pothole which could put motorist especially two wheelers riders in trouble. He dowe so to pay tribute to his 16 year old son, Prakash, who lost his life due to carlessness of civic officials and a private company who dug up Jogeshwari-Vikhroli link road for some construction work but didn't cover the potholes.
On July 2015, Prakash, riding pillion with his cousin Ram, was returning after completing admission formalities when their bike hit the pothole which was submerged under water after heavy rains. The bike tipped off and both Prakash and Ram were tossed in air.  Prakash landed on his face was rushed to Hospital. At Holy Spirit Hospital he was pronounced dead in arrival.
"My son would not have wanted this to happen to anyone else. He was a very good boy, smart, intelligent and full of life. I will continue my fight and ensure that the people whose negligence led to his death are punished. But I don't want others to suffer like I did. I want to make our streets safer," said Dadarao. Over the past few months he had filled dozen of potholes and in the process may have saved several limbs and lives.
Bilhore sells vegetables for a living in Marol's Vijaynagar area. Prakash had a lot of promise for the family and he was the first one in his family who studied in an English Medium school. "At home, we hide our tears because we don't want our daughter to get upset. Its like all the happiness has disappeared from our lives. Relatives have stopped coming because they don't know what to say us, who to talk about," said Ram. Last September Prakash friends visited for his birthday." They saw me and started to cry. I sat them down and told them that they are all 'Prakash' to me. I told them they must move on and fulfill their dreams, just like Prakash dreamth of being an engineer. I can console my family, but who will console me," he told tears rolling down his cheeks.
The accident was life changing one for Prakash's cousin Ram, who survived and got some stitches for his head injury. Last year he rescued a man from coming under the wheel of the truck after his bike tripped on broken pacer block.
Bilhore's missionary has transformed others too. Earlier the area residents used to watch him but after inspired by his dedications, they join him readily, handling him pacer blocks to fill up the potholes. Others even provide with sack to collect debris. "We used to watch him do the work single-handedly, now we try to do our own bit as well, said Swapnil Mhatre, a resident of the area.
This is a heart touching story of a dad who lost his son in an accident because of carelessness of some officials. Now its been six month since Prakash died but justice has still not be done . Bhilhore does not want others to suffer due to this, so he carried out mission of filling of potholes with full enthusiasm and even localites of the area helped him in his mission.