Indonesian mother who fell off motorbike sits in muddy pothole-filled roads to protest official inaction
- Dressed in a black headscarf and dress, Ummu Hani held signs calling out the ‘derelict’ conditions of roads in southern Sumatra’s Merbau Mataram
- Her actions resonated with many Indonesians, who shared their own experiences with shoddy thoroughfares
How dirty would you get for a good cause? An Indonesian woman has gone to extreme lengths to protest the poor state of roads in her province in southern Sumatra.
Ummu Hani, 35, took to social media in early May to share photos of herself sitting or lying down in mud-filled potholes on the roads in Merbau Mataram, a subdistrict of South Lampung in Sumatra.
Dressed in a black headscarf and dress – and covered head to toe in mud – Ummu is seen smiling as she holds signs calling out the “derelict” conditions of roads in the area.
Another sign reads: “Negative impacts on education, health and economy.”
She wrote in her post: “For the longest time we asked relevant parties to carry out works to improve the road infrastructure. Because this road is one of the main access [roads] that links the village to the subdistrict.”
In her photos, Ummu also shows various roads filled with potholes, some stretching across the entire road.
