# Schoolgirls’ 40-second video gets their potholed road fixed 2026-08-12T23:03:01+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Three 15-year-old schoolgirls in Kondivade village, Maharashtra’s Karjat, shot a 40-second satirical news-style video of their potholed road on a mobile phone. They never posted it online; a classmate shared it from a WhatsApp status. The clip clocked millions of views and forced the local administration to resurface the road. Neha Ghare, Jyotsna Mukane and Mansi Pawar, Class 10 students of Nyan Makarand Vidyalay, used a line from their teacher, “potatla pani pan halat nahi” (even the water inside your stomach would not stay still), to highlight the rough ride. India Today reports that their simple act of documenting the problem achieved what repeated complaints could not. ## Coverage - indiatoday.in Tags: Karjat, Maharashtra, potholed road, road repair, schoolgirls, viral video Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/schoolgirls-40-second-video-gets-their-potholed-road-fixed/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/schoolgirls-40-second-video-gets-their-potholed-road-fixed/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.