Pune Residents Launch ‘Pot the Pothole’ Campaign To Shame Authorities Over Crumbling Roads
Pune Residents Launch ‘Pot the Pothole’ Campaign To Shame Authorities Over Crumbling Roads
Pune, July 10, 2025: Frustrated by the worsening condition of city roads, citizens of Pune have come together to launch “Pot the Pothole”—a peaceful and symbolic public agitation to be held on 13th July’2025 Sunday aimed at drawing attention to the dangerous state of roads riddled with potholes.
Adv. Krunnal Gharre, one of the voices behind the campaign, stated:
“Pune’s roads and their so-called maintenance have literally gone to the dogs. The situation is so bad that newly repaired roads don’t even last three months. We have shown this through photographic evidence, yet the authorities continue to feign ignorance. It’s a shame. But Punekars will lead this campaign and show the country that this apathy by administration will no longer be tolerated.”
The campaign involves citizens placing symbolic markers—twigs, branches, paper cut-outs, or artificial plants—inside potholes as visual warnings. This not only highlights the issue but also helps prevent accidents by making the potholes visible to road users. Citizens will identify potholes near them and do symbolic tree plantation.
Citizens will:
Identify a pothole near by, and plant/place a symbolic tree in potholes. Symbolic tree can be branches, twigs small plants etc
Click a photo or selfie and post it on social media with the hashtag #PotThePothole.
Tag authorities like PMC, PMRDA, NHAI, PCMC to demand action.
This is a non-political, peaceful citizen movement—no slogans, no damage, no roadblocks—focused solely on raising awareness and saving lives.
The citizens of Pune are taking a stand. The message is clear:
Potholes kill. Silence enables. This ends now.
