Kolhapur: More than a month after Anand Mahindra, chairman of Mahindra Group, has bid into Dattatray Lohar, a welders from Devrashtre Village in Sangli District exchanging his own car with a new SUV from Mahindra & Mahindra stable.
Lohar received a new Bolero SUV at the Mahindra company Sangli office.
A video circulated on social media – shows Lohar and family members traveling on the mini-SUVs he has made by assembling parts of various vehicles – have attracted Mahindra’s attention, which called the vehicle “discovery of human ingenuity”.
Mahindra then offers Lohar A Bolero with mini-suv rewards.
On Tuesday, Mahindra Tweeted: “Happy to accept the offer to exchange his vehicle for the new Bolero.
Yesterday his family accepted Bolero & we were proud to take over his creation.
This will be part of our car collection of all types in our research valley & must Inspire us to be a lot of sense.
(Sic) “When Ti first talked to Lohar about his creation that caught Anand Mahindra’s eyes, he said that he would make other similar vehicles for Mahindra, but did not exchange the first because of the” baby “.
So what changed his mind? “I was reluctant to choose to accept the offer.
I then thought that if my creation could inspire many others, then I had to hand over my reluctance and accept the offer.
The company officials gave me time to think and said I had to return to them if I changed my mind.
I did it a few days ago, “said Lohar Toi.
Before handing over his creation, Lohar’s family took the last photo with a spring.
The new Bolero was handed over to Lohar before the leader of Congress Vishal Patil.
Lohar drove a Bolero back to his village.
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