Discover how Lasya’s initiative, Our Mobility Our Voice, tackled Bangalore’s traffic challenges, empowered students, and impacted over 30,000 learners through civic action and advocacy.
Our Mobility Our Voice; lasya Giving Students a Voice
Lasya co-founded Our Mobility Our Voice to address Bangalore’s worsening traffic congestion and its impact on students. Leading a team of 30+ students, she collaborated with civic organizations, government officials, and the Inventure leadership team to drive awareness and advocacy. The initiative’s campaigns garnered over 2.5 million views and reached nearly 500,000 accounts in a month. Lasya also led a pothole survey, gathered 1,000 petition signatures, and advocated for road repairs. Her work benefited over 30,000 learners, affected commuters across Bangalore, and earned recognition through 8 news articles and 2 national television features. Through Our Mobility Our Voice, Lasya demonstrated how students can become active participants in solving civic challenges.
Growing up in Bangalore, Lasya witnessed the city’s traffic congestion become increasingly severe. While traffic jams were a common topic of complaint, she noticed that very few people were actively working toward solutions. Following the pandemic, the problem worsened significantly, affecting students’ safety, comfort, and physical and mental well-being during their daily commutes. The idea behind Our Mobility Our Voice emerged from these everyday challenges.
Determined to make a difference, Lasya co-founded Our Mobility Our Voice, a student-led initiative focused on improving mobility for the school community. Before launching the project, she met with the Joint Commissioner of Traffic Police in Bangalore to present her ideas. The officials responded positively and pledged their support, encouraging her to move forward with the initiative. This early support helped Our Mobility Our Voice gain momentum.
Over the following year, Lasya led a team of more than 30 students and collaborated with civic organisations such as Whitefield Rising, BPAC, and Reap Benefit. Under her leadership, Our Mobility Our Voice ran social media campaigns that garnered over 2.5 million views and reached nearly 500,000 accounts in a single month, organised traffic-themed art and essay competitions that attracted more than 150 entries, and facilitated discussions among students from different schools.
Throughout this journey, she was mentored by Ms. Nooraine Fazal, the Founding CEO and Managing Trustee of Inventure Academy, as well as members of the broader Inventure leadership team. The success of Our Mobility Our Voice reflected the power of collaboration between students, educators, and civic leaders.
Lasya’s work extended beyond awareness campaigns. Concerned about the dangerous condition of roads near her school, she launched a petition demanding the immediate repair of potholes on roads used by several schools. The petition gathered approximately 1,000 signatures. To strengthen her advocacy efforts, she conducted a detailed survey of Varthur-Sarjapur Road and documented 139 potholes within a stretch of just 650 meters. She transformed the findings into infographics and reports to raise public awareness and communicate the issue to government authorities. These efforts showed that Our Mobility Our Voice was focused on action as much as awareness.
Her persistence contributed to multiple rounds of repairs on Varthur-Sarjapur Road. Through the advocacy efforts of Our Mobility Our Voice, commuters across Bangalore benefited, and more than 30,000 learners in the surrounding area experienced the impact of the initiative. By combining data collection, community engagement, and advocacy, Lasya demonstrated how young people can drive meaningful civic change.
The impact of Our Mobility Our Voice soon gained wider recognition. The initiative was featured in eight news articles, including coverage by Times of India, Bangalore Mirror, and Deccan Herald, and was also highlighted in two national television segments. This recognition helped amplify the message of Our Mobility Our Voice across a larger audience.
Lasya and her co-founder were invited to speak at Namma Raste, an official BBMP event, where they were the only student speakers among government officials and social impact leaders. She was also invited to speak at a Changemaker Adda organized by Reap Benefit, one of India’s leading youth-focused social impact organizations. These opportunities further strengthened the reach of Our Mobility Our Voice.
What makes Our Mobility Our Voice remarkable is that it was started by students who refused to accept a problem as permanent. Instead of simply complaining about traffic and unsafe roads, they chose to gather evidence, engage communities, and advocate for change.
Lasya’s journey illustrates the power of youth leadership, showing that meaningful change begins when individuals move beyond identifying problems and take action to solve them. The story of Our Mobility Our Voice proves that age is never a barrier to creating lasting impact.
As Bangalore continues to face mobility challenges, Our Mobility Our Voice serves as an inspiring example of how young changemakers can work alongside communities and authorities to build safer and more efficient cities for everyone.
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