Summary:
An accident during tunnel construction work for Konkan Railway at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, left him with a fracture of T-7 vertebra, leaving him paralyzed waist down. Doctors treating him note that Shetty faces the risk of developing bladder and kidney stones and infection due to the age factor. He has appealed to philanthropists to help him financially. Twenty-six years ago, Shetty had big dreams, but they came crashing down after an accident left him impaired below the waist.Then, as a bright, young 22-year old supervisor at a construction company, he had nursed the dream of setting up his own construction firm. “My vehicle can't even be used to ferry children to school,” he says..