A civic-tech initiative aimed at helping residents report Bengaluru’s crumbling road infrastructure has gone viral, thanks to a discovery by local techie Shushant Goel.
Sharing his rare find on X, Goel posted a screenshot of the website – blr-potholes.pages.dev – that allows users to report potholes across the city. Captioning the post, he wrote: “Someone created https://blr-potholes.pages.dev with the intent to make the roads safer in Bengaluru. I hope they are not persecuted by the machinery instead. Also this should be called a crater, not a pothole!”
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His post has garnered over 55.6K views and 2k likes already, and has sparked a wave of appreciation online.
Look at the post here:
Someone created https://t.co/gG9Il079ke with the intent to make the roads safer in Bengaluru. I hope they are not persecuted by the machinery instead.
Also this should be called a crater, not a pothole! pic.twitter.com/iFuNe5xmPL
— Shantanu Goel (@shantanugoel) June 24, 2025
The platform in question, titled Open Urban Eyesore, is an open-source tool designed to help communities document and map urban infrastructure issues such as potholes. It enables users to upload geo-tagged images, which are then pinned to an interactive map for easy reference.
Reacting to it, one user commented, “Whoever created this earned my respect. These are the things we should be expecting out of Bengaluru and its strong dev presence.”
Another user wrote, “I would love for a weekly report to be sent to the local municipal offices.”
A third user envisioned how the platform could work hand-in-hand with city authorities: “I hope the respective officials see this and repair it, later the person who made the app, mark them as fixed, that’s how it should be.”
One user’s comment showed how serious the issue is for daily commuters: “I commute daily from this road. It is Thubrahalli Vibgyor road. This road is in same condition over a year, only thing they do is put concrete waste. Conditions of this road is pathetic and whenever I go from here in my bike, pray to god to take care of me.”
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The developers behind the initiative clarified that they are not affiliated with any government agency, but are driven by a desire to enhance civic accountability and transparency.
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