PotHoleRaja: How one start-up is fixing roads the eco-friendly way

PotHoleRaja has grown from small pothole-fixing drives to a dedicated network of volunteers and is working today with some of the biggest corporations and organisations in the country to build roads

Last month, incessant torrential rains wreaked havoc in several localities of Bengaluru and exposed the gaps in the city infrastructure. Traffic snarls aside, vehicles were found floating in affluent localities as streets and homes were flooded. The ordeal was captured by social media as people lamented the state of India's silicon valley. 

One of the significant infrastructure challenges has been potholes. Besides Bengaluru, Mumbai also has a chronic pothole problem. 

Between 2018 and 2020, road accidents caused by potholes killed 5,626 people across the country, according to government data. In the absence of viable government response and determined to counter