Archive · 14 Aug 2026
Astronaut-Dressed Residents Step Into Potholes To Protest Jaipur's Damaged Roads
In a city called Jaipur in India, lots of rain made the roads very bumpy and full of holes.
The holes filled up with water, and the roads looked like the surface of the Moon.
The people who live there were not happy, so they decided to do a funny protest.
More than 100 grown-ups came together on a road called Pratap Circle Road.
Two of them dressed up like astronauts and stood inside the big water-filled holes.
They pretended the road was a space landscape to show how bad it looked.
They wanted the city leaders to fix the roads and the drains.
The people say they have been asking for help for almost three months.
The city officials say repairs will start after the rainy season is over.
More than 100 residents of Jaipur's Jhotwara area staged a two-hour protest on Pratap Circle Road over waterlogged roads and massive potholes.
Two protesters dressed as astronauts stood inside large rainwater-filled potholes, turning the damaged roads into a mock lunar landscape.
Residents of wards 46 and 47 said they have been raising the issue for nearly three months with local politicians and officials.
They approached MLA and minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Jaipur rural MP Rao Rajendra Singh, and JDA and JMC officials, with some saying repeated attempts to meet Rathore were unsuccessful.
Tenders for road and drainage projects have been awarded, and work is expected to begin once the monsoon season is over.
- Who
- More than 100 residents of Jaipur's Jhotwara area (wards 46 and 47), including protester Devendra Pratap Singh.
- What
- A theatrical protest in which residents dressed as astronauts and stood in rainwater-filled potholes to demand road and drainage repairs.
- When
- On Thursday, between 10 am and noon (a related social media post was dated August 13, 2026; the article was published August 14, 2026).
- Where
- Pratap Circle Road, Jhotwara area, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
- Why
- To draw attention to roads damaged by recent rainfall, deep potholes, waterlogging, and inadequate drainage, after residents said their concerns went unaddressed for nearly three months.
Residents
Administration
Timing of road and drainage repairs
Residents
Residents are fed up with deteriorating roads and want urgent action, noting that monsoon rain keeps worsening potholes and waterlogging.
Administration
Authorities say tenders for road and drainage projects have been awarded and work will commence once the monsoon season is over.
- Location
- Pratap Circle Road, Jhotwara, Jaipur, Rajasthan
- Number of protesters
- More than 100 residents of wards 46 and 47
- Demonstration time
- Two hours, between 10 am and noon
- Protest style
- Astronaut costumes; roads turned into a mock lunar landscape with potholes as craters
- Officials approached
- MLA Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, MP Rao Rajendra Singh, former councillors, JDA and JMC officials
- Issue raised for
- Nearly three months
- Status of repair work
- Tenders awarded; work expected to start after the monsoon season
- Article published
- August 14, 2026