Girish Bharadwaj (2 May 1950 – 7 July 2026) was an Indian social worker often referred to as Sethu Bandhu and Bridgeman of India for building around 127 bridges in remote villages across India. He was conferred the Padma Shri award in 2017. Wikipedia
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Girish Bharadwaj has built more than 140 suspension footbridges across Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, and other states.
— Anurag Shukla (@Anuraag_Shukla) July 9, 2026
His bridges connected children to schools, patients to hospitals, farmers to markets, and isolated villages to everyday dignity. pic.twitter.com/cGTzgbkNxR