<p>Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 14 (ANI): Nineteen-year-old mountaineer Amgoth Tukaram from Telangana has achieved a milestone by climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest point and tallest free-standing mountain in the world that stands at an imposing 5,895m.</p><p>His zeal to climb Kilimanjaro was meant to create awareness of benefits of wearing helmets, Tukaram said.</p><p>"My motive was to create awareness among people that they should wear helmets while driving. I was moved when I saw a road accident live and I felt extremely bad. So I thought of taking the awareness campaign forward by climbing Mount Kilimanjaro," he told ANI.</p><p>Tukaram claimed that he has also broken the record by carrying a 18-metre-long tricolour to the Mount Kilimanjaro peak. (ANI)</p><br/><center><em><p>This story has not been edited. It has been published as provided by ANI</p></em></center>
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