A 35-year-old resident of Malla Pada village, located inside Sanjay Gandhi National Park, set an inspiring example of civic responsibility by reaching the polling centre to cast his vote in the ongoing municipal elections — despite losing both legs in a train accident.

Kishore Narayan Vigne, who lost both legs below the waist after falling from a moving local train while returning home from work, arrived at the Nisarg Mahiti Kendra polling centre inside the park. With no public transport or accessibility facilities available from his village, Vigne’s neighbour helped him reach the polling booth by seating him on the front of his Activa scooter. At the centre, police personnel assisted him in a wheelchair so he could cast his vote. Afterwards, his neighbour drove him back home the same way.