"Das was inspired by another Bihari villager, Dasharath Manjhi, who cut a 120m-long, 10m-wide and 8m-high passage so that villagers could reach a local hospital."
It almost has to be referring to meters, since it would take a hell of a man to cut a 120 mile, or even 120 kilometer "passage".
The "10m" in the linked article must be a typo. It should probably be 10 km. If so, then he averaged about two meters per day, which sounds reasonable.
Big John? Jimmy Dean
Every mornin' at the mine you could see him arrive He stood six foot six and weighed 2-45 Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip And everybody knew you didn't give no lip to Big John (Big John Big John) Big Bad John (Big John) Nobody seemed to know where John called home Just drifted into town and stayed all alone He didn't say much he kinda quiet and shy And if you spoke at all you just said hi to Big John
Does anyone think that in America the guy did this, that he wouldn’t have been forced to put it all back in the name of some endagered plant?