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Mangaluru-based group launches 'Selfie with Potholes' campaign

A city-based-group has launched 'selfie with potholes' campaign in Mangaluru amid poor road conditions across Karnataka. The group has urged people to click selfies with potholes and upload them to social media platforms mentioning the location along with a specific hashtag.

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Published : Nov 1, 2019, 7:39 PM IST

Mangaluru-based group launches 'Selfie with Potholes' campaign

Mangaluru (Karnataka): A city-based group in Mangaluru here conducted a unique "selfie with potholes" campaign to highlight the issue of potholes in the city on Friday.

Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) Civic Group initiated the campaign by urging people to click selfies with potholes and using the hashtag ##Fixitanna-ROADhaTHODha upload them to the social media mentioning the location.

Speaking to reporters, Shammy Shiri, a participant in the movement said: "Today, we are seeing that potholes are becoming a part of us, but unfortunately we have not been able to raise our voice towards making our travel and movement more comfortable."

According to Shiri, the selfies are further uploaded on the MCC Group's social media handles and authorities concerned were tagged to alert them about the menace of potholes.

Many citizens were seen taking participating in the campaign and uploading their selfies.

Read:| Students protest against poor road conditions in Karnataka, plant saplings in potholes

Mangaluru (Karnataka): A city-based group in Mangaluru here conducted a unique "selfie with potholes" campaign to highlight the issue of potholes in the city on Friday.

Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) Civic Group initiated the campaign by urging people to click selfies with potholes and using the hashtag ##Fixitanna-ROADhaTHODha upload them to the social media mentioning the location.

Speaking to reporters, Shammy Shiri, a participant in the movement said: "Today, we are seeing that potholes are becoming a part of us, but unfortunately we have not been able to raise our voice towards making our travel and movement more comfortable."

According to Shiri, the selfies are further uploaded on the MCC Group's social media handles and authorities concerned were tagged to alert them about the menace of potholes.

Many citizens were seen taking participating in the campaign and uploading their selfies.

Read:| Students protest against poor road conditions in Karnataka, plant saplings in potholes

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