I built this project as my submission for the H0 Hackathon — Hack the Zero Stack with Vercel v0 and AWS Databases. This post covers how I designed and built ChowkChakra using Amazon DynamoDB and Vercel. #H0Hackathon
The Problem I Was Trying to Solve
Pune has a traffic problem, and it's not just congestion — it's a communication gap.
Citizens spot issues all the time: a signal that's been stuck on red for 20 minutes, a pothole causing lane merges at a busy junction, waterlogging after rain that backs up an entire ward. But they have nowhere to formally report it. WhatsApp groups, Twitter complaints that go nowhere, maybe a helpline call that logs nothing.
On the other side, traffic officers are managing dozens of junctions with zero live signal about what's actually failing right now. They're reactive by default — they find out about problems when someone calls, or when they drive past.
