After his son's death, India’s ‘pothole dada’ fills potholes to prevent more tragedies

Dadarao has been filling potholes in his city to prevent other families from going through the grief he did when he lost his son. Photo: TNS

Dadarao Bilhore clapped his hands together, releasing a cloud of dust into the moist air. He grabbed a gunnysack filled with dirt and stepped into the empty road.

With a heave of his beefy forearms, he dropped the sack into a pothole the size of a large casserole.