Swipe, report, fi Bengaluru's footpath crisis gets a Gen Z solution

Key points

• Bengaluru’s traffic problems are so legendary that people usually joke about them.
• But a 14-year-old teenager from the city decided to approach the issue differently, by building what he calls “Tinder for Footpaths.” Surya Uthkarsha has gone viral after sharing a civic-tech idea which is a crowdsourced platform designed to help people report damaged pavements directly to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).
• ❮❯ Read Full Story In a video shared on X, Surya introduced the app, named “RASTHE”, with a dramatic one-line pitch: “fixed Bengaluru and TRAFFIC in 30 minutes.” The platform aims to address a problem most Bengaluru pedestrians know too well, unusable footpaths that force people onto already congested roads.
• According to Surya, users can upload and report broken or missing pavements, swipe through footpath conditions similarly to dating apps, and upvote areas that urgently need repairs.
• “Meet RASTHE: Tinder for Footpaths,” he wrote in the post,...