An Indian villager has used a hammer and chisel over the span of 14 years to carve a tunnel through a rocky mountain so that he could park his truck in front of his house.

"I could not park my truck near my house since the mountain blocked my path," said 53-year-old Ramchandra Das, who lives in eastern Bihar state's Gaya district.

Mr Das said the fear of thieves stealing his truck prompted him to work on the tunnel all by himself after authorities refused help.

"I had to leave my truck miles away, so I decided to do something about it myself," Mr Das said.

Local villagers, who had to trek for miles to get around the mountain, are using the tunnel to reach their farms, and praising Mr Das for his work.

"We rarely come across a man who can work so hard to achieve his goal," said Prabhat Kumar Jha, a local government official.

- Reuters