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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Manu Aiyappa | TNN

Karnataka: Bedridden for 3 decades, he’s running out of money for medicines

BENGALURU: Over three decades ago, Hosamane Jayaram Shetty was looking at a bright future. He had started his first job as a supervisor at a private construction company in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, after finishing matriculation.

Fate, however, had a different plan. He was rendered immobile below the hip in an accident on September 20, 1992, after a large stone crashed on him, leaving him unconscious for three days. This was while he was monitoring tunnelling work on Konkan Railway.

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