Dashrath Manji Loses Battle with Cancer
New Delhi: Aug. 17, 2007
 Dashrath Manjhi, the man who literally moved mountain by building a 360-foot long road in the treacherous ravine of Gahlaur Mountain in Gaya district by using simple tools for over 22 years, died after prolonged battle with cancer at Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Friday.
Manjhi, age 78, breathed his last on Friday evening despite top care provided by the nation's premier health facility, hospital officials confirmed.
The man who, over a period of 22 years, chiseled a 30' wide and 1.5 kilometer long road through the Gahlaur Mountain thus reducing the distance to cross the mountain from a grueling 50 kilometer to a much-easier 8 kilometer, will be given a state funeral service in Bihar, officials in Patna said.
The Nitish government, in honor of Manjhi, has announced its decision to name the road built by the mountain man as Dashrath Manjhi Road and a hospital in Atri village in Gaya, also built by Manjhi, to be named after the man who remains of source of inspiration for many in the nation.
Manjhi was brought to the AIIMS on July 24 after his condition worsened while fighting with cancer for a long period.
His medical expenses were being borne by the Nitish government.
Just two days ago, Manjhi's caretaker Sanjay Kumar had accused the Limca Book of World Records of misrepresenting the facts about Manjhi claiming the length, width of the road, and the height of the Gahlaur mountain were inaccurated in the record book.
Kumar also said that Manjhi was excluded from being listed in the Guiness Book of World Records because of these inaccuracies in the Limca Book of World Record.
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