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| Bangalore 'astronaut' stunt sees potholes filled | Bangalore 'astronaut' stunt sees potholes filled |
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| Authorities have filled in potholes in a road in the southern Indian city of Bangalore a day after an artist used them to recreate a "Moon exploration". | Authorities have filled in potholes in a road in the southern Indian city of Bangalore a day after an artist used them to recreate a "Moon exploration". |
| Artist Baadal Nanjundaswamy's video, featuring an "astronaut" slowly stepping across a "lunar landscape" gained traction on Indian social media. | Artist Baadal Nanjundaswamy's video, featuring an "astronaut" slowly stepping across a "lunar landscape" gained traction on Indian social media. |
| Thousands of Indians are injured every year in accidents caused by potholes. | Thousands of Indians are injured every year in accidents caused by potholes. |
| Nanjundaswamy has gained a reputation for using his art to highlight civic issues - and potholes in particular. | Nanjundaswamy has gained a reputation for using his art to highlight civic issues - and potholes in particular. |
| "The authorities don't contact me and I don't contact them either. But they always fix the pothole," he told BBC Hindi's Imran Qureshi. | "The authorities don't contact me and I don't contact them either. But they always fix the pothole," he told BBC Hindi's Imran Qureshi. |
| "I must have done this in about 50 potholes and the civic authorities have responded by fixing most of them," he added. | "I must have done this in about 50 potholes and the civic authorities have responded by fixing most of them," he added. |
| However, he tweeted his gratitude when the latest potholes he identified were paved over by authorities. | |
| This isn't the first time Nanjundaswamy's art has made national and international headlines. | This isn't the first time Nanjundaswamy's art has made national and international headlines. |
| In 2015, he filled a pothole with a life-size "crocodile", turning the 3.7m (12ft) waterlogged hole into a mock pond, which immediately caught the attention of the authorities. | In 2015, he filled a pothole with a life-size "crocodile", turning the 3.7m (12ft) waterlogged hole into a mock pond, which immediately caught the attention of the authorities. |
| The project cost him about 6,000 rupees ($83; £68). | The project cost him about 6,000 rupees ($83; £68). |
| "Getting potholes filled up is not a hobby for him," Anatha Subrahmanyam, his friend and a photojournalist at the Bangalore Mirror, said. | "Getting potholes filled up is not a hobby for him," Anatha Subrahmanyam, his friend and a photojournalist at the Bangalore Mirror, said. |
| "It is his way of giving something back to society." | "It is his way of giving something back to society." |