His son lost his life because of a pothole, so he filled 550 of them and launched an app to report them
When Dadarao Bilhore's only son died in a road accident caused by a pothole, he decided to take matters into his own hand. Apart from filling potholes, he has created an app that invites people to report them. On July 28, 2015, Dadarao Bilhore woke up to terrible news. His 16-year-old son had lost his life when he met with an accident because of a pothole on Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road (JVLR) in Mumbai. Shattered by the death of his only son, he took upon the onus to fill every pothole he could upon himself. Prakash , Dadarao's son, died after his bike fell into a deep pothole on the rainwater-clogged Link Road. Despite repeated visits to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), he didn't see enough efforts being made to address the issue. So he got down to work with a kit that included paver blocks, a trowel, and construction sand. He is often joined by Prakash's friends and random strangers on the road who take note of what he is doing. In ...