Pavements
After an accident of a publication’s general manager while saving two bulls in Sector 58, Noida residents have started protesting against the stray cattle menace. They allege that it was all administration’s fault who could not control the menace. The civic body officials state that when they try to eradicate the cattle from road, the [...] Continue Reading »
Residents in Ballygunge and the surrounding areas have their own stories to share. Recently, approximately 100 residents of Ballygunge, Gariahat, Karaya, Roland Road and Tivoli Court gathered at Sunny Park to discuss their issues and problems in their localities. The receivers of their talks were senior police officers. They discussed issues like not in form [...] Continue Reading »
The residents of Vasant Kunj are tired of walking on potholed roads in the area. It may be one of the most posh area in South Delhi, but it is not the same with the locality’s roads and pavements. It is a nightmare for the parents of the children who study in the school in [...] Continue Reading »
Hue and cry to clean the garbage resulted in razing away of the pavements! Residents of Gandhi Nagar, Adyar have been suffering a lot from the uncleared garbage and were unable to walk on the pavements. When their concern was heard, Chennai Corporation with the help of earth movers cleared the garbage but in the [...] Continue Reading »
Pedestrians’ sufferings see no end in Kanpur! Firstly, it was heaps of garbage which was creating quiet a menace for the commuters. Because of the dustbins kept on the roads, a view of traffic jam is a regular scene. Secondly, the Kanpur municipal corporation (KMC) has been widening the road for accommodating the vehicles, shrinking [...] Continue Reading »
The commuters in Hyderabad were complaining to the city traffic department about non-visibility of medians on the main roads. This had lead to major accidents especially during night times. Therefore, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) at present has commenced with highlighting the medians with prominent paint on the city main roads. This initiative by GHMC [...] Continue Reading »
Inspite of commuters lodging several complaints, Surat Municipal Corporation had least bothered to remove the dividers on the main roads. Not only this, however the bumpy roads are tarred, trees on the pavements are trimmed, roads are neat and clean. One will not get to see even a garbage dump on the city main roads. [...] Continue Reading »
In an effort to make pavements mandatory in Mumbai, the commissioner of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, BMC Subodh Kumar has said that the footpaths are a part of the road. The width of the road essentially comprises both the road and footpath on either side of the stretch. He cited that The Indian Road Congress asserts [...] Continue Reading »
Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is ahead in giving a new look to its city. All the roads now have median strips dividing the lanes, beautified with colorful saplings. Decorating these medians has been the biggest city beautification drive by the prevailing KMC board. After a success in the pilot project, there are now plans to [...] Continue Reading »
The road widening work at HSR Layout which is been carried out in Bangalore has been resulted in slow moving traffic at Hosur-Luskar Road Junction near Forum Mall Koramangala. The roads here have been piled up resulting in the absence of pavements and the pedestrians end up commuting in the piled up roads. Ongoing work [...] Continue Reading »
