'Astronauts' land on road craters: Over 100 Jaipur residents stage unique protest against potholes

TOI News Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Aug 14, 2026, 14:54 IST

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A man dressed as astronauts stands in a waterlogged road crater to highlight civic issues and protest against waterlogging in the Jhotwara area, in Jaipur (PTI photo)

NEW DELHI: What if you could experience the Moon without leaving Jaipur? More than 100 residents of Gokulpura in the Jhotwara assembly area attempted to answer that question on Thursday by turning their neighbourhood's pothole-riddled roads into a makeshift lunar landscape.

Residents say potholes have become 'Moon and Mars' craters

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