# Launch an app to report road defects with photos

- ID: P09-B-07#2
- Page: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/promise/p09-b-07-2 (Tamil: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/ta/promise/p09-b-07-2)
- Pillar: 9. World-Class Infrastructure
- Section: B. Modern Infrastructure
- Manifesto page: 80
- Stage: In the budget (Named in the budget speech; an amount may or may not be given)
- Last recorded: 5 Aug 2026
- Data licence: CC BY-NC 4.0. Curated commitments, translations, evidence links and stage analysis compiled by Sollum Seyalum (https://sollumseyalum.web.app).

## Promised in the manifesto

The government will introduce an app through which the public can report road defects with photographs.

## Where it stands

In the budget speech on 5 Aug 2026.

The government announced it will introduce the Namma Salai mobile application to allow the public to report road defects.

**So far:** The Namma Salai mobile application for reporting road defects

**Not yet seen:** No mention of the feature allowing the submission of photographs with reports.

_Summary written by AI from the documents below, with figures checked against them._

## Documents behind this

- 5 Aug 2026 · Budget speech · Revised Budget speech 2026-27, page 58: The government will rectify road defects reported by the public through the 'Namma Salai' mobile application. ([Open the document (Budget speech)](https://sollumseyalum.web.app/docs/budget_speech.pdf#page=58))

> Sources are government releases, budget papers and orders. They show what the government says it will do or has done. They are claims, not independent confirmation. "Nothing recorded" means nothing in our sources, not that nothing was done.