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Man fills potholes out of love for dead son

Indian businessman Dadarao Bilhore fixes a hole in the road in Mumbai -- something he has done at almost 600 sites as part of a commitment he made after his son was killed in an accident caused by a pothole

Dadarao Bilhore smoothes the road surface, rests his shovel, looks to the sky and prays for his son, one of thousands of Indians killed every year in accidents caused by potholes.

Prakash Bilhore, a promising student, was just 16 when he died in July 2015 in Mumbai, India's hectic financial and Bollywood capital of 20 million people.

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