Aditya Birla Group and Brut spotlight ten everyday changemakers who turned intent into action. From remote villages to overlooked communities, Force For Good Heroes returns with Season 2. Because change begins with intent.
When The Hospital Couldn’t Reach Them
On Dal Lake in Srinagar, life happens on water. Homes float, markets float, and even children row boats to school. But when a medical emergency strikes, the nearest hospital can be over an hour away, and for families living deep inside the lake, that delay can mean the difference between life and death.
Nearly three decades ago, Adhik Kadam noticed this gap while working in Jammu & Kashmir, and realised something had to change. If people couldn’t reach healthcare in time, he believed healthcare would have to reach them. That idea eventually became Dalpari.
The Birth of a Floating Ambulance
Launched by Borderless World Foundation, Dalpari is a fully equipped boat ambulance operating directly on Dal Lake. The floating unit carries oxygen support, ventilator systems, emergency response equipment and trained medical professionals. Patients are stabilised on the water before being transferred to a road ambulance waiting on land.
In critical care, doctors speak of the “golden hour” — the crucial window after a heart attack, stroke or trauma. For water-bound communities, that window was shrinking fast.
Dalpari was built to give it back. Today, the service treats nearly 3,000 patients every month. Treatment, medicines and basic lab tests are provided free of cost. The project also employs members of the local community, ensuring that the lake’s residents are part of the solution.
Beyond Emergency Care
Dalpari is only one chapter of a larger story. For nearly 30 years, Borderless World Foundation has worked across Jammu & Kashmir, running emergency medical services, primary healthcare initiatives and residential programmes for vulnerable children.
One such initiative is Basera Tabassum meaning “a place of happiness” a residential home for girls that provides shelter, education and long-term stability. For Kadam, this work is not about charity. It is about continuity, building systems that remain long after individuals step aside.
Expanding the Reach
With support from the corporate social responsibility initiatives of Aditya Birla Group, Dalpari has been able to scale operations and strengthen its infrastructure.
The long-term vision is clear: introduce more floating ambulances across Dal Lake and eventually expand to other water-bound regions in Kashmir.
Because the need is not limited to one shoreline. In this episode of Force For Good Heroes, Brut follows Adhik Kadam, the man who chose to bring the hospital to the water, and in doing so, changed how an entire community accesses care.
In Collaboration with Aditya Birla Group
