Pilot
AI Safe Corridors
Map, score and fix a city’s riskiest roads with AI and crews.
PotHoleRaja® · since 2016
From ground reality to proven impact
Our mission: to make our world pothole-free and safer. We fix roads with citizens and companies, then research, build and measure what keeps them safe.
40,000+
potholes fixed with citizens and companies
30+
cities, from Jammu to Kozhikode
10,000+
volunteers on the road
50+
CSR programmes delivered
As seen on
All coverage
TEDxShark Tank IndiaThe HinduThe Times of IndiaIndia TodayThe Economic TimesBusiness StandardWIONCNBC AwaazDeccan HeraldThe Better IndiaYourStory
Why it matters
Three crises meet on the same ground
1,68,491
lives lost on Indian roads in 2022About 460 every day.
MoRTH, Road Accidents in India 2022
34 lakh t
of plastic waste in one yearGenerated across India.
CPCB annual report, 2019–20
₹1.53 lakh Cr
of farm produce lost each yearAfter harvest, before it reaches buyers.
NABCONS study for MoFPI, 2022
How we work
One road from idea to audit
Research
Ground truth, lab and field tests
Design
AI risk maps and simulated options
Build
Crews, employees and students on site
Track
Baselines, dashboards and endlines
Scale
Proven models to more cities
We don’t do government liaison: you secure the permissions with the city, and we work alongside you with designs, data and documents.
Four impact areas
Where the impact happens
Five capabilities
One partner, from idea to audit
Ready to co-create
Six signature programmes
Download a one-page flier for any programme, or see them all.
Live
Zero-Harm School Zones
Safe routes for school clusters, taught by your employees.
Live
Plastic to Pavement
Your own plastic waste becomes roads and yards near your sites, proven in many GridMats projects.
New
Cool Streets
Cooling surfaces for schoolyards, bus stops and streets.
Pilot
Farm-to-Market Roads
All-weather village access plus a circular agri-plastic loop.
New
Road Safety Fellowship
Students and faculty solve real road problems with our data.
Live in usePilot trialledNew in development
Who we work with
Trusted by 50+ CSR partners
Companies, industrial areas and clubs that fixed roads with us, and 300+ individual donors and sponsors.
120+ employees, students and volunteers installed 30+ signboards, 250+ reflectors and solar blinkers around MG Road, Bengaluru.
300+ potholes, over 600 m², fixed across Phases 1 and 2 with the township authority.
250+ potholes, about 500 m², fixed across 30+ km of industrial roads.
50+ employees and their families fixed potholes opposite their JP Nagar office.
25+ potholes, over 30 m², fixed on Bannerghatta Road near Sagar Hospital.
15 employees fixed 20 potholes in an area suggested by the BMC.
More partners and clients
Toyota KirloskarHyundaiNissanMercedes-BenzRoyal EnfieldABBGoodyearMoody’s AnalyticsQwikcilverCitrixLenovoTargetMcAfeeKPMGIntelHitachi EnergyRMZ Eco-WorldWhitefield Industrial AreaBangalore ClubLioness Club, JayanagarArundhati FoundationCars24Wipro GE HealthcareLaurus BioArcesiumElektrobitEicher Group FoundationMallya Aditi International SchoolBoschIBMMercedes-Benz R&D India
And many more companies, schools and clubs.
Seen, heard, recognised
Watch the story
Godrej Design Lab × The Gyaan ProjectHow can India build roads that last?
TEDxLavelleRoadFixing the world, one pothole at a time
Shark Tank India · Season 3The GridMats pitch
Climate Redesign Award: Breakthrough Climate Innovation
Climate Collective Foundation, Delhi Climate Innovation Week
Sustainable Infrastructure Innovator Award (SDG 9)
Adani Green Talks Social Impact Awards
Featured pitch, Shark Tank India Season 3
Shark Tank India
Best Innovative Solution, UMI Innovation Challenge
Urban Mobility India
SARTHI Awards finalist, top 10 of 100+ entries
FICCI and ADPC, Bali, alongside the UN Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
Solution listed on World Economic Forum UpLink
World Economic Forum
CII GreenPro certified product
Confederation of Indian Industry · GPGEP277001
Indian Patent 398992 · PCT WO/2023/100191
Invented by Dr Prathap B
A decade of PotHoleRaja
Our base, not our boundary
- Phase 1
The movement
Citizens report potholes on WhatsApp, and crews fix them.
- Phase 2
The CSR partner
Model roads with ABB, Hyundai and Goodyear.
- Phase 3
The innovator
GridMats patent granted; tested at IIT Hyderabad and MSRIT.
- Phase 4 · 2027 →
The impact lab
Research, AI, materials, agri, youth and consulting.
Spotted a pothole? Report it on WhatsApp.
+91 814 POTHOLE · +91 814 768 4653Act now
Three ways to fix India’s roads with us
Donate
UPI or bank transfer. Indian donors get an 80G tax receipt.
Give nowPartner
CSR programmes, employee volunteering and impact studies.
Book a co-design sessionVolunteer
Join a pothole-fixing drive or a school road-safety session.
Sign upCSR programmes start at ₹25 lakh; advice and studies at ₹5 lakh. Donations of any size are welcome.