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SP Leader Climbs Into Agra Crater in 'Patal Lok' Protest

SP Leader Climbs Into Agra Crater in 'Patal Lok' Protest
'Patal Lok': Road Cave-In Sparks Dramatic Protest As SP Leader Climbs Into Giant Crater | Video · news18.com

In the city of Agra in India, it rained so hard that a road broke and a giant hole appeared in the ground.

A leader named Nitin Kohli, from a group called the Samajwadi Party, was very upset about the roads.

He decided to climb down into the big hole using a wooden ladder.

Some of his supporters held the ladder to keep it steady.

While he was inside the hole, he joked that Agra was becoming a 'smart city' underground, like a place called 'Patal Lok.'

He wanted people to see that the roads were not built well.

Luckily, nobody was hurt because no cars were passing by when the road caved in.

Officials came to look at the damage and started fixing the road.

This happened soon after cracks were found on another road in Uttar Pradesh, the Kanpur-Lucknow Expressway.

Key facts

Incident
Road cave-in after heavy rainfall, leaving a deep crater
Location
Karmyogi Colony, Kamla Nagar, Agra, India
Date
August 07, 2026
Protest
SP leader Nitin Kohli climbed into the crater using a wooden ladder
Casualties
None reported
Official response
Site assessed, barricaded; repair work initiated
Related incident
Cracks on Kanpur-Lucknow Expressway, a Rs 4,200-crore project opened less than a month ago
NHAI action
Removed three engineers, acted against PNC Infratech, suspended toll collection

Quotes

Nitin Kohli

Samajwadi Party leader and local MLA

“"Once again, we are out looking for development. Entire Agra has become like this. I would like to ask the MLA if this is what development means. Wherever a road is constructed, such deep pits are formed as if there is a plan to establish a new city in ‘Patal Lok’. Instead of calling Agra a ‘smart city’, it seems a ‘new smart city’ is taking shape in the Patal Lok"”
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