In plain words
There was not even a footpath. They had to be brought. How could lorries move through the villages? Very difficult. Hanumantha Rao was very worried. He was the Transport Commissioner. Rāmacandran was the Regional Transport Officer. The Brake Inspector was Bhīmasen. The three of them held a meeting on how to bring them. If they brought them through the fields of crops, they would have to pay the farmers for the crop lost, they reflected. I told him, ‘Hanumantha Rao! Don't worry at all; I will make that arrangement.’ He was very happy. He waited, watching for when Swami would give the word. At that time they were building the Tuṅgabhadrā dam. The chief engineer was one Tirumala Ayyaṅgār. He was an important man. There a crane that had gone to the Tuṅgabhadrā was going back to Madras. A day before, I told Rāmacandran, “If the crane is to go from Bellary to Madras, it must go by way of Anantapur.” As it was being brought along that road, the crane stopped right near Rāmacandran's house. In those days petrol was given only on three coupons a week. Because petrol was short, they gave coupons. I was given only 1 gallon a month. They gave Me a driving licence in My ninth year itself. How did they test Me before giving the licence? I had a small car. I insisted that they must give Me a licence to drive it. It cannot be done, they said; for a licence one must be of the proper age. Then I said, ‘The driving is what matters, not the age.’ Saying they must see how this boy drives, the Transport Commissioner, the officer and the Brake Inspector, the three of them, sat in the back. The S.P. sat in the front seat beside Me. I drove. He laid down that I must turn within just half a yard and go back. I came right along the line as it was drawn. Those in the car clapped. They went off in a jeep, brought the certificate and gave it to Me. Meanwhile that crane had broken down. When it was started, it was making a noise. Swami had said to be careful in the night; so the driver opened the door and looked. Saying all right, they repaired the crane, took it to Penukonda, got it across the Citrāvatī and brought it to Puttaparthi. It was something new to the village people. Everyone came running. They brought the crane, left it there and went away.