Our work
Roads first
We fix roads with citizens and companies, make them safe by design, and build them from plastic waste.
01 · Fix
40,000+ potholes fixed, and counting
You report a pothole on WhatsApp. Our crews fix it, often with company volunteers.
- Report on +91 814 POTHOLE
- Crews and volunteers in 30+ cities
- Every repair logged: before, after, signed off
02 · Make safe
Safe by design, not by luck
We find out why a street hurts people, then test the fix before anything is built.
- 20 school zones made safe with Mercedes-Benz
- Junctions redesigned and tested in traffic simulation
- Model roads with ABB, Goodyear and Hyundai
- Next: AI that spots hazards and predicts blackspots New
1,68,491
lives lost on India’s roads in 2022, about 460 a day
MoRTH, Road Accidents in India 2022
03 · Build from waste
Plastic waste becomes roads
GridMats®, invented by Dr Prathap B, turn recycled plastic into roads and yards.
- Indian patent 398992; tested at IIT Hyderabad and MSRIT
- 140 t of plastic waste managed in one year, certified
- Half the climate impact of virgin plastic
- Ecoworld to the Outer Ring Road, Bengaluru, 2022
- Cool Streets: beating urban heat, below
Certified by Climate Collective Foundation (FY 2022–23); life-cycle analysis by Smarter Dharma. Product details: gridmats.com.
Video: workers lay geofabric and GridMats by hand.
04 · Beat the heat
Cool Streets
Asphalt and concrete soak up the sun all day and give the heat back at night. We cool the places where people wait, walk and learn, and measure the difference.
7–8 °C
cooler air at the wall
15–20%
better air quality
40–50%
less noise
Our Cool Green Wall at Godrej Design Lab’s Conscious Collective, Mumbai, December 2025: 2,048 sq ft of plants on recycled-plastic panels, with 30 sensors and 48 misting points. Readings are from the wall’s own sensors; we measure every new site afresh.
What we build
Cool bus stops
Shade, green walls and mist where people wait in the sun.
NewCool schools
Cooler classroom walls and playgrounds, with live readings for students.
NewCool green walls
Plants on recycled-plastic panels, misted by sensors.
PilotHeat monitoring
IoT sensors and a live map of hot spots on roads and streets.
PilotReflective roads
Coatings that bounce sunlight back, so the road stays cooler.
NewPermeable roads
GridMats let rain soak in and grass grow, unlike sealed asphalt and concrete.
Live
For CSR and impact
- Environment and climate: cooler, greener public places
- Measured before and after: heat, humidity, air and noise
- Plastic waste reused in every panel, logged in kilograms
- People served: students, commuters and residents
- SDG 3, 11 and 13; BRSR-ready data
Patent applications filed for the cooling surface and the green-wall module, invented by Dr Prathap B. Confirm CSR eligibility with your CSR advisor.
Ready to run
Six programmes for CSR partners
Live
Zero-Harm School Zones
Safe routes for school clusters, taught by your employees.
Min 5 schools · ₹25 L–1 Cr each Flier
Live
Plastic to Pavement
Your plastic waste becomes roads and yards near your sites.
Min 1,000 m² · from ₹25 L Flier
Pilot
Farm-to-Market Roads
All-weather village roads, made from the village’s farm plastic.
1 village cluster · about ₹5 Cr Flier
New
Road Safety Fellowship
Students and faculty solve real road problems with our data.
Min 20 students · from ₹25 L Flier
Live in usePilot trialledNew in development
Budgets and minimum scale
We work only at a scale that shows impact: from ₹25 lakh per programme, and from ₹5 lakh for advice or an impact study. Road repairs start at one 2 km stretch or 1,000 m². No single potholes or stand-alone signboards.
Budgets are indicative and fixed after scoping. Confirm CSR eligibility for each project with your CSR advisor.
Also in the lab
Villages and young people
Rural & agri
All-weather farm roads, drying yards and a loop for farm plastic. Village road safety with Mercedes-Benz.
Youth & students
14,000+ children reached in one school programme with Mercedes-Benz. College research fellowships.
How we work
One road from idea to audit
Research
Lab and field tests
Design
AI risk maps, simulations
Build
Crews, employees, students
Track
Before and after, on record
Scale
Proven models, 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.