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- Bangalore
Canadian’s viral post prompts footpath repair in Indiranagar
Bengaluru: A social media post by a Canadian national has drawn attention to the poor condition of a footpath in Bengaluru’s Indiranagar and prompted the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) to undertake immediate…
- Hyderabad
Hitech City has Hyderabad’s best footpaths, but not everywhere
Hyderabad: Outside the Gachibowli stretch that houses Infosys, TCS, Indian School of Business (ISB) and Wipro, the footpath is wide enough for three people to walk side by side. It is paved in…
- Hyderabad
Tiles, trash, transformers: Secunderabad’s broken footpaths
Hyderabad: Secunderabad was once built with wide, orderly roads – a legacy of its military-planned past. Walk through it today and that order is gone. Footpaths across the city’s main roads and neighbourhoods…
- Hyderabad
The vanishing footpaths of Mehdipatnam, Tolichowki and beyond
Hyderabad: Under the Shaikpet flyover, Mohammed sells vegetables from a stall that stands where a footpath should be. Asked about the footpath, he looked puzzled. “Woh kya hota hai? (what is that?)” he…
- Hyderabad
From Nampally to Jubilee Hills, footpaths exist on paper only
Hyderabad: From Lakdi-ka-Pul to Jubilee Hills, from Nampally’s railway crowds to Abids’ shopping lanes, the story on Hyderabad’s footpaths is the same: built in patches, blocked in most and abandoned by evening. Pedestrians…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad’s Old City, where footpaths are an afterthought
Hyderabad: In Hyderabad’s Old City, walking on a footpath is an afterthought. People have gotten used to being in a sort of “survival mode” when on the road, walking through speeding traffic, trash…
- Hyderabad
Right to walk on footpaths: Hyderabad isn’t a city for pedestrians
Hyderabad: To walk on a footpath in Hyderabad is like running an obstacle course. You step on a pavement with broken tiles, avoid garbage and public urination on one side, find a…
- Hyderabad
CMC launches Clean and Clear Footpaths drive
Hyderabad: The Cyberabad Municipal Corporation (CMC) on Saturday, August 22, launched the Clean and Clear Footpaths drive to remove encroachments within CMC limits. “Cyberabad Municipal Corporation has started a drive to remove…
- Bangalore
Minister pushes for Rs 5K fine on footpath driving in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: Concerned over the increasing misuse of pedestrian pathways by motorists, Urban Development Minister Krishna Byre Gowda has called for a tenfold increase in the penalty for driving on footpaths, proposing that…
- Bangalore
Nearly 500 km of Bengaluru footpaths cleared of encroachments
Bengaluru: The Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) has accelerated its footpath encroachment removal campaign, clearing nearly 500 km of pedestrian pathways across the city between July 1 and July 10. Official figures show…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad’s DLF food street razed down amid encroachment drive
Hyderabad: In a major anti-encroachment drive on Friday, July 10, the Cyberabad Municipal Corporation cleared obstructions from 22.28 km of footpaths, including 48 encroachments from the DLF area in Gachibowli that was…
- Bangalore
136 pedestrians killed, 664 hurt between Jan, June in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: Bengaluru’s roads continue to pose significant dangers for pedestrians, with alarming accident statistics showing that 136 people on foot have died and 664 others have been injured in road crashes between…
- Bangalore
Krishna Byregowda defends footpath clearance drive in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: Bengaluru Development Minister Krishna Byregowda conducted a late-night inspection of the city’s Outer Ring Road (ORR) corridor on Thursday, July 2, reviewing the condition of roads, footpaths, drains and civic infrastructure…
- Hyderabad
Video: Footpath encroachments cleared in Hyderabad’s Old City
Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) carried out a footpath clearance drive from Madina to Puranapul in Hyderabad’s Old City on the morning of Thursday, July 2. During the operation, sheds…
- Telangana
Hyderabad footpath encroachments draw HC’s ire again
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has voiced concern over the continued encroachment of footpaths across Hyderabad and the apparent failure of civic and enforcement agencies to comply with its earlier directions aimed…
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