A man has launched a campaign against his council to plant potholes in the road to draw attention to the ‘disgusting’ condition
Dr. Akhtar Gulfam Director News Dawn TV + Editor-in-chief Daily Dawn
London: Potholes are also seen on the streets of Sussex, a famous area of Britain, but the surprising thing is that the attitude of citizens there is completely different from that of Pakistanis.
Not only in Pakistan but also in the UK people are worried about potholes, a man from Sussex is fighting against his council in a very unusual way, he started a campaign to plant flowering plants in potholes on the road. is
Frustrated by potholes, teenager Harry Smith Hoggett has launched a campaign to plant greenery on the streets of Horsham, Sussex, to draw the council’s attention to the ‘disgusting’ state of the roads.
This young man gardening on road potholes shares his video on TikTok, one of his videos is going viral and has received 2.7 million views.
Harry Smith says that seeing the flowers, people will not go near the pits and these flowers will keep the management smelling the pits. West Sussex County Council, on the other hand, instead of fixing the potholes, has advised citizens not to use these roads and travel on the highways, which residents have criticized as putting their lives at risk.
The authority reportedly spends 6.7 percent of its budget on highways and transport and said in a statement that it understood citizens’ anger and frustration, and increased resources to deal with potholes. is “People have been complaining about these potholes for years, so I got fed up and started filling them with flowers,” said Harry Smith.
Harry Smith wears his knitted pink vest, with ‘Pretty Pot Holes’ written on the back when planting flowers in the hogget pits.
