Meet Mumbai's Kantabai, who stood for 8 hrs in rain to protect commuters | Ghanti Bajao

A Mumbai pavement dweller has become a social media darling after her daring act helped avert potential road tragedy horrors and also enabled floodwater to drain out quickly during last week's monsoon fury.

Disregarding her own safety or wellbeing, the poor flower-seller, Kanta M. Kalan, aged 50, forced open a gutter manhole cover on the high-traffic Tulsi Pipe Road in Matunga west on August 4.

This was to prevent further flooding on the road which was already submerged in three feet of water after torrential rains that day.