Nashik students use bottle mic to report potholes. CJP's Abhijit Dipke reacts

Two students from Nashik used a plastic bottle as a microphone to report water-filled potholes formed on their way to school. The video shared by Abhijit Dipke has gone viral.School children from Nashik reported about potholes. (Photo: Instagram/abhijitdipke)Two students from Maharashtra’s Nashik decided not to simply complain about the potholes on their way to school. Instead, they grabbed a plastic water bottle, turned it into a microphone and made their own ground report on the state of the road.The video, shared by Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijit Dipke on Instagram and X, shows the students drawing attention to the poor condition of roads in their area in a simple but creative way. Instead of merely complaining about the problem, they chose to document it and make their concerns visible.Their improvised reporting has since sparked conversations online about the state of local infrastructure and the safety of children who have to use such roads to get to school.Sharing the video, Dipke said the students were effectively sending out a message that their concerns were often ignored. “These kids are saying, ‘Nobody pays attention to us.’ All they are asking for is a good road so they can get to school safely. This Independence Day, let’s pledge to change this,” he wrote.Watch the video here: The students’ effort also comes soon after a similar video from Maharashtra went viral. Three schoolgirls from Raigad had turned their daily struggle with potholes into a satirical ground report, using a mobile phone to film the road and an umbrella as a makeshift microphone.The girls documented the condition of the road they used to reach school, drawing attention to the potholes and waterlogging that made their daily commute difficult. Their video quickly gained traction online, and the road was repaired soon after.The two incidents have put a spotlight on an unusual but increasingly visible trend: school children using creativity and social media to speak about problems in their neighbourhoods.Dipke has now called for this energy to become a wider movement, urging people to start ‘School Thik Karo’, a campaign focused on improving roads and basic infrastructure around schools.- EndsPublished By: Srimoyee ChowdhuryPublished On: Aug 12, 2026 16:48 IST