potholes

After losing his son to a pothole accident, Dadarao Bilhore turned his grief into action, filling over 1,500 potholes in Mumbai to save lives. Here's his inspiring story.

In Bengaluru, PotHoleRaja has built an innovative road using 3000 kg of recycled plastic, that's cheaper, uses less water and gives a 5-year warranty of being pothole-free.

Taking time out of their regular lives, both, a businessman and an automobile dealer, have been inspecting streets of Mumbai to spot the pitfalls.

Did you know that 3,597 people have been killed and 25,000 injured in 2017 because of accidents caused by potholes alone?

The folks who spearheaded this initiative included K Rasheed, S A Ani, A P Pradeep, M K Viju, A G Siraj, A P Pratheesh, V G Manikandan and V K Kuttan.

She sustained head injuries while travelling on the road. And instead of getting disillusioned with the lack of response shown by authorities, Devi and her family members took matters into their own hands.

Formally dubbed as the ‘Kandhal Mix’, the ready-to-use cold asphalt mix, can be poured into the pothole directly, unlike the traditionally used hot asphalt mix.

While there are many citizen driven movements, here is one that decided to hit the powers that be, right where it hurts!

In 2017, the budget for road safety increased by a whopping 100.4 per cent to Rs 5,217 crore. With this much money pouring into roadworks and safety, shouldn't we see an increase in road quality?

Even as the grief of losing their son was tearing them apart, Dadarao decided to do something nobody expected. Armed with broken paver blocks, gravel, stones and shovel, he started filling every pothole he witnessed within one month of Prakash’s passing.