MUMBAI - Dadarao Bilhore smoothes the road surface, rests his shovel, looks to the sky and prays for his son, one of thousands of Indians killed every year in accidents caused by potholes. Using sand and gravel collected from building sites, Bilhore has filled in almost 600 potholes across India's financial capital in the past three years. The 48-year-old vegetable vendor does it to pay tribute to his beloved son and in the hope that it will save lives. Potholes are so common that a campaign is under way to have Mumbai featured in the Guinness Book of Records as the city with the most potholes. "As long as I am alive and can walk I will get rid of all of these potholes."

Source: Bangkok Post September 14, 2018 04:41 UTC