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Makkal
Kural.

மக்கள் குரல்

File it. Fix it. Rate it.

—  If you have a problem, just whistle.

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Makkal Kural has two tabs and one purpose. Whistle when a service fails - the app uses your rough location to find your constituency, reads what you wrote to find the right department, sends the whistle to the right office, and tracks it until it's fixed. Once it's fixed, you leave a review - and the whole story stays there for everyone to see. Each whistle shows up on the feed of only the people it affects (home, street, ward, constituency, district, or state), so your feed stays relevant - and when the government wants to know what people think before acting, only voters in that area can upvote or downvote. If you have a problem, just whistle.

Available on Web Android iOS

234

Constituencies covered

92%

Sorted to the right office

<5s

Avg. time to sort a post

The model

Two tabs.
One public ledger.

Whistle when something is broken. Leave a review when something is done. The link between them is the interesting part - once a whistle is fixed, it turns into a review, so the public record shows the whole story.

—  If you have a problem, just whistle.

Tab · Whistles When it’s broken

Whistle. Route. Track.

A streetlight that hasn’t worked for a week. A patta mutation stuck for a month. A water connection promised in 30 days, missed by 90. Whistle it once - the app reads where you are and what you wrote, sends it to the right department, and tracks every step the officials take until it’s sorted.

  • In progress

    Sub-registrar encumbrance certificate delay

  • Escalated

    Water connection delay

    TWAD · raised to a senior officer on day 9

  • F.01 Sent straight to the right office
  • F.02 See the status update with the time of each action
  • F.03 Moves up the chain if no one acts in time
Resolved + rated
Tab · Reviews When it’s done

Rate. Add up. Publish.

Post a review right after a counter visit, or add one when a whistle is closed. Each review has a star rating, the office and department the app picked for you, and a short note. All of them are added up into a public leaderboard by office, by department, by constituency.

  • from Request #1284

    Streetlight on 4th cross fixed within 6 hours - very fast turnaround.

  • direct review

    Sub-registrar in Egmore. 3 hours for an encumbrance certificate. Documents asked twice.

  • F.01 1-5 stars, your own words, and a photo
  • F.02 Added up into rankings, free for anyone to download
  • F.03 One shared record, two ways to add to it
How both tabs work

The app does two things for you,
so posting takes seconds.

Whether you’re whistling about something broken or leaving a review on something done, you never pick from a menu of 240 departments or scroll a list of every government office in the state. The app works it out from where you are and what you wrote.

01 · LOCATE

Location finds your constituency.

Detected constituency

Egmore

TN-15
  • A rough location from your network - enough to know your area, never your street.
  • Places you in one of 234 assembly constituencies.
  • Change it yourself if you're reviewing an office in a different ward.

02 · SORT

Your words find the department.

Went to the sub-registrar's office in Egmore today for an encumbrance certificate. Waited 3 hours and they kept asking for documents I'd already submitted online.

Office Sub-Registrar, Egmore
Dept Registration
Service Encumbrance Certificate
  • The app reads what you wrote and figures out the right department.
  • It learned from 1.2M real government complaints, in Tamil and English.
  • You can fix the tags before posting - the app learns from every correction.
Who sees what

Scope,
not secrecy.

A blocked drain on your compound is a Home issue. A streetlight is a Street issue. A district hospital running out of vaccines is a District issue. Makkal Kural puts each issue on the home feed of only the people it actually affects - but anyone with the link can still view, comment, and follow.

L.01 Home

"The corporation dug up the sewage line into my compound and never refilled it."

1 just you
L.02 Street

"Streetlight at the end of 4th Cross hasn’t worked for a month."

~80 people on your street
L.03 Ward

"Garbage trucks haven’t come to Ward 17 for two weeks."

~5K ward residents
L.04 Constituency

"MLA hasn’t held a janata darshan in six months."

~250K registered voters
L.05 District

"District hospital has been out of HBV vaccine for the entire month."

~4M district residents
L.06 State

"The new education policy reduces Tamil-medium instruction hours."

80M every citizen
How the scope is decided

AI picks the scope.
You confirm when in doubt.

High confidence Auto-posted

"Streetlight at the end of 4th Cross hasn’t worked for a month."

Detected scope
Street 92%

The app was more than 80% sure - posted straight to the Street feed.

Confirm scope User picks

"The bus stop near the school has been broken for three weeks."

Pick the right scope conf. 64%

The app wasn’t sure enough - you pick from a short list, and it learns from your choice.

Voter ID, not just any ID

Only the affected
get to vote on it.

Your voter ID number tells the app your street, ward, and constituency. When a whistle is put up for a public vote, only the voters it affects can upvote or downvote. Everyone else sees the running count - they just can’t change it.

AI-read · deleted instantly · never stored

You can vote Voter · Egmore · TN-15

"The MLA's office hasn't held a janata darshan in six months."

Scope: Constituency · Egmore · TN-15
14:1 in favour
View only Voter · Coimbatore S · TN-100

"The MLA's office hasn't held a janata darshan in six months."

Scope: Constituency · Egmore · TN-15
1,247
89
Outside scope

The voters it affects get a nudge to weigh in. The government hears a clear verdict from the people actually affected - not whoever shouts loudest online.

In the wild

What people are
writing right now.

Live · refreshed every minute
  • 1/5
    12m ago

    "The arasu marundhagam in Tiruvanmiyur was out of metformin for three days running. Pharmacist had no idea when restock would happen."

    Health TNMSC Tiruvanmiyur Drug availability Mylapore · TN-25
  • 5/5
    from whistle #1284 1h ago

    "Streetlight on 4th cross fixed within 6 hours after the whistle - very fast turnaround by the AE."

    TANGEDCO Ward 17 Streetlight repair Egmore · TN-15
  • 2/5
    3h ago

    "We've been trying to update my mother's patta after her transfer last month - four trips to the taluk office and still no movement."

    Revenue Mylapore Taluk Patta mutation Mylapore · TN-25
  • 3/5
    from whistle #0911 5h ago

    "Water connection promised in 30 days, took 94. After two escalations through the app the EE finally cleared it."

    TWAD CMC Zone 4 New water connection Coimbatore South · TN-100
Public rankings

The leaderboard
no one in office wants.

Every review adds up into a ranking - by office, by department, by constituency, by month. Free for anyone to download. Updated every night. Easy to drop into any newsroom dashboard.

See the full leaderboard

This month · lowest-rated department

By constituency

May 2026
  • 01

    Mylapore · TN-25

    Revenue

    ★ 1.8 412
  • 02

    Egmore · TN-15

    Registration

    ★ 1.9 287
  • 03

    T. Nagar · TN-22

    TN Electricity

    ★ 2.1 198
  • 04

    Coimbatore North · TN-99

    TN Water Supply

    ★ 2.2 156

★ score on a 1-5 scale, n = number of reviews in the period.

What it does

Six features.
No bloat.

F.01

Two tabs: Whistles and Reviews

Whistle when a counter visit goes wrong. Leave a review when it goes right. Fixed whistles roll into the public Reviews feed on their own - you never enter it twice.

F.02

Location finds your constituency

A rough location from your network places you in one of Tamil Nadu’s 234 assembly constituencies. No exact GPS. No street-level tracking. You can change it yourself.

F.03

Your words find the department

Just write what happened, in Tamil or English. The app reads it and picks the right department, office, and service - so you never scroll a list of 240 departments.

F.04

Scope-aware visibility

Every issue is auto-assigned a scope - home, street, ward, constituency, district, or state - and shown on the home feed of only the people inside that scope. Anyone with the link can still view.

F.05

Voter-eligible voting

When a whistle needs public consensus before action, only voters inside the issue's scope can upvote or downvote - verified via voter ID at signup. Everyone else sees the running tally.

F.06

Web, Android, iOS - one identity

One login across web, Android, and iOS. Reviews and fixed-request scorecards added up by office, department, and constituency. Free for anyone to download, refreshed nightly.

Three surfaces, one identity

Built for the bus stop
and the desk.

Reviewing is just as easy on any device. Start on one, finish on another - and the data stays yours, not the app's.

Available

Web

Every review, every office, every constituency shows up in search.

makkalkural.in

Available

Android

A 12 MB Android app. Runs on Android 8+. Speak instead of type, in Tamil or English.

Play Store · direct download

Soon

iOS

TestFlight in Q3 2026. Same login, same data, same smart sorting.

App Store · Q3 2026

FAQ

Honest answers,
up front.

How do Whistles and Reviews relate?

Whistles are filed when something goes wrong - they are routed and tracked. When a whistle is marked resolved, the app prompts you to leave a star rating and a short note, and that entry then appears in the Reviews tab too. Reviews can also be posted directly without a prior whistle.

Why can't I see all issues on my home feed?

Each issue shows up on the feed of only the people it affects - so a streetlight on someone else's street stays on their feed, not yours. You can still open any issue if you have a link or the ID. The goal is to keep your feed relevant, not to hide anything.

How is the scope of an issue decided?

The same reading that picks the department also picks the smallest sensible area (home, street, ward, constituency, district, state). If the app isn’t sure, you pick the area from a short list before the issue goes live.

Who can upvote and downvote a whistle?

Only people inside the whistle's area can vote - confirmed by voter ID at signup. A constituency-level whistle can be voted on only by voters registered in that constituency. Everyone else sees the running totals but can't move them. This stops people outside the affected area from flooding the vote.

How does location find my constituency without GPS?

We use a rough location from your network, accurate to about 2 km. That’s enough to tell which of Tamil Nadu’s 234 assembly constituencies you’re in, not enough to know your street. You can also pick the constituency yourself.

How does the app know the right department?

Short posts are read right on your phone. Longer ones are read on our server by a Tamil + English system that never sees your name, your location, or your past posts while it works.

Can I post anonymously?

Yes - anonymous is the default. Verified accounts count for a little more in the combined rankings, but anonymous posts count too.

How is my voter ID handled at signup?

An AI on your phone reads your voter ID, checks that you're registered in the constituency you claim, and deletes the image the moment it matches. The image never reaches our servers. All we keep is a scrambled code that links your account to a verified constituency - never your voter ID number, never the photo. It can't be turned back into your ID. Secure by design.

How do you stop fake reviews and pointless whistles?

One verified mobile number per account. New accounts count for less until they’ve been around a while. The app flags suspicious rings and bots, and we publish how often it gets that wrong.

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Get Makkal Kural

Three minutes.
One review.
234 constituencies watching.

Web waitlist now. Android app Q3 2026. iOS TestFlight Q4.