Bengaluru-based PotHoleRaja on mission mode to repair roads using recycled plastic

While the civic agency in Bengaluru receives brickbats for pothole-riddled roads, which this year led to several fatal accidents, the PotHoleRaja, a civic tech start-up, is working with Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and the citizens to rid the roads of potholes in order to reduce the number of accidents.

Founded in 2016 by Prathap Bhimasena Rao and Sourabh Kumar, the startup has fixed close to 30,000 potholes across the country.

The company in July this year recently laid a road using its patented product, GridMats, outside Ecoworld campus in Bellandur. The material used to lay the road is made from recycled polypropylene. Through GridMats, the intent is to use plastic waste to make long-lasting and sustainable roads and pavements.