While most people light diyas and burst crackers to celebrate Deepawali, residents of an old age home in Karnataka’s Mandya district turned the festival into an opportunity to spotlight civic issues.

On State Highway 7, Kikkeri–KR Pet stretch, they staged a symbolic protest by decorating potholes with flower garlands and placing candles in them.

Mandya, located around 100 km from Bengaluru, now joins the list of places where citizens are creatively voicing their frustrations over poor road conditions.

Social media users have reacted with a mix of humour and frustration.

Reacting to the video, one user wrote, “Pothole Deepavali, because when the roads don’t shine, the craters will! Bengaluru started it, Mandya perfected it, NASA’s next rover might just land here.”

Another user posting

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