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Meet Dadarao Bilhore, the man who has filled 300 potholes on his own

The 47-yr-old will soon get the help of fellow citizens in the city using the 'Spothole' mobile app

potholes, Mumbai, road safety
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(From left) Team members of Fill in the Potholes project: Edward Kachira, Lokesh Khemani, Rupesh Mandal and Suraj Singh.

Ranjita Ganesan
It is the road often travelled that commands the attention of Dadarao Bilhore. On a recent trip to Tirupati, while co-travellers marvelled at the rich deity and temples, his eyes surveyed and approved of the condition of the tarmac.

If his home city of Mumbai used similarly strong and smooth material, it would reduce the time he now spends bent over pockmarked streets, trying to mend them for the safety of motorists.

In a period of two years, he has filled as many as 380 potholes. The 47-year-old is not a municipal employee but a voluntary road doctor, and his

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