A man navigates a water-filled pothole as shoppers bustle  (Photo | Express)
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Quick Take | Shaming into action

Perhaps the well-minded techies who built the Pothole Fix and Pothole Reporter apps can expand their scope

Express News Service

The residents of Anuppur—a district in eastern Madhya Pradesh known for being home to Amarkantak, where the Narmada and Son rivers originate—have staged a unique protest. In a video that has elicited a splash of comments, dozen-odd men are seen lounging about in ankle-deep water amid a massive pothole. A few months ago, youngsters in Assam’s Cachar district recorded several videos of dancing in muddy puddles along National Highway 6, a lifeline for the Northeast. Potholes claim thousands of Indian lives every year. Perhaps the well-minded techies who built the Pothole Fix and Pothole Reporter apps can expand their scope to allow pinning such crowd-sourced shaming videos with geolocation data from across the country. At least the authorities would not able to blame their inaction on ignorance.

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