India, Dec. 15 -- Amid growing public anger over the condition of the Mumbai-Goa highway project, a 28-year-old activist from Maharashtra's Raigad district took matters into his own hands. He has completed a 490-km walk along the entire stretch to document safety lapses and commuter risks, which he has reportedly sent to Union road and transport minister Nitin Gadkari via a Lok Sabha member.

Calling his campaign a 'Rasta Satyagraha', Patil spent 29 days walking along NH-66 to document potholes, accident-prone stretches, missing road signs, incomplete bridges and other hazards that he said put commuters' lives at risk.

"My only goal is to make the Mumbai-Goa National Highway safe, accident-free and of good quality so that people can trav...