If there’s one thing Indian roads can boast about, apart from chaotic traffic and unruly honking, it’s potholes. Our roads are practically world-class when it comes to the number of craters dotting them, and if we had to hand out awards, India would win gold for sure. But when it comes to Bengaluru, potholes aren’t just common – they’re an experience.
Taking a humorous jab at this never-ending issue, Sivaramakrishnan Narayanan, co-founder and CTO at Fyle, came up with a hilarious business idea – an app where users can rate and review Bengaluru’s potholes.
“Planning to build an app where we can rate and review potholes in Bengaluru. I recently saw a 7-star pothole and felt sad that it wasn’t getting the recognition it deserved,” he posted on X.
Have a look:
Planning to build an app where we can rate and review potholes in Bengaluru. I recently saw a 7-star pothole and felt sad that it wasn’t getting the recognition it deserved.
Who’s in?
— Siva Narayanan (@K2_181) October 21, 2024
His post, which has since gone viral, struck a chord with many fed-up Bengalureans. The comments section was flooded with snarky and hilarious suggestions regarding the app with several people pitching in. Have a look:
Give every pothole a unique ID.
Make it recognisable based on city and pincode.Example D110001_P00001 for Delhi PinCode 110001 P for pothole 00001 serial number
Example M400001_G000001 for Mumbai 400001pincode Garbage serial number 000001
Ask people to write / print ID on a…
— Pulkit Saraf (@Pulkit_Saraf) October 21, 2024
Your 7 star pothole can’t beat the sinkhole on the ORR service road near my place. The venerated monument has been duly marked by a tree branch in typical ‘luru style. I am going to hype it so much, the Ejipura Stonehenge is going to cry for attention.
— Swati Suramya (@SwatiSuramya) October 21, 2024
By the time you rate a porthole and submit it to the government agency, a three-star pothole would have earned a five-star rating.
— Smile&Shine ???? (@smileandshine20) October 21, 2024
I think google map location with a web based list for them could be a MVP.
— Jash Jacob Ξ (@jashjacob) October 21, 2024
I suggest you must consider expanding this to other cities as well.
There are a lot of hidden 7-star gems here.
— Manish | Creating, without hustle. ??♂️ (@_zenman) October 21, 2024
The roads should be rated based on the potholes in the neighborhood and road with the most and worst potholes and positions will be ranked at the top, and the best roads will be ranked at the bottom.
— Harshith Arya (@HarshithArya) October 21, 2024
Not only in Bengaluru, however we should collectively name all the potholes in the country as one. You know “unity in diversity”.?
This will help in linking all the potholes to Aadhaar Cards of the residents living in that area or we can make Aadhaar Cards for potholes too.— Punarv (@beingpunarv) October 22, 2024
An overlay on pothole and post it to socials – Something like GPS Camera – stamp app pic.twitter.com/MOmDayjTTf
— Nishanth T (@tnishanthr) October 21, 2024
Build a webpage where people can upload the pics/videos with location of the potholes in Bengaluru.
— TheWhiteTiger (@shri_sns) October 22, 2024
Bengaluru and its potholes – a never-ending love story!