India, Aug. 16 -- Fed up with civic apathy, residents of BM Pristine Apartments in Bengaluru's Gunjur-Varthur-Balagere belt took matters into their own hands on Independence Day. After months of complaints to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) went unanswered, the group, comprising mostly IT professionals, gathered with shovels and gravel to patch up the cratered road outside their complex.

Videos of the unusual protest quickly spread on social media, showing residents working together to fill potholes that had long posed a risk to commuters. Many described it as their symbolic way of asserting independence from a negligent civic body.

A local X handle, Namma Belagere, shared the video with the caption: "IT professionals from...