In a unique protest, a man in India's southern state of Kerala took a mud bath and performed yoga in a water-logged pothole in an attempt to draw politicians' attention to the issue.
Videos of Hamza Porali from Kerala's Malappuram have flooded social media. In one, the man was seen washing his clothes in the mud water and performing a lotus Yoga position. Later, it shows his encounter with a local politician whose car got stuck where the man organized his little protest.
"Lots of accidents have happened due to potholes on the highway, that's why I thought of protesting in a different way to bring the issue to the notice of authorities. While we were protesting, MLA (state legislator) was passing from there & we happened to speak with him," Porali told local media.
Upset with the inaction of local authorities, local residents have made several complaints to civic officials and even staged protests, but their requests have failed to evoke any favourable action, so far.