Live
- One more big shock to BRS party
- Every adult should be Educated says Additional DC Narshing Rao
- If Congress returns to power, Mewat will get railway line: Bhupinder Hooda
- Abhishek’s whirlwind century, Gaikwad’s 77 not out carry India to massive 234/4
- Telangana Minister Satyavathi Rathod Inaugurates Vanamahotsav in Mulugu, Plants Trees with Students
- 'Paytm was like a daughter to me who met with an accident': CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma
- National Karting: Ruhaan Alva, Nikhilesh Raju, Hamza seal wins
- Nag Ashwin unveils captivating teaser of psychological thriller ‘Kali’
- ‘Feel of Buddy’ beautifully captures the essence of the movie
- ‘Gully Gang Stars’ set for July 26 release
Living hell for pedestrians
It is virtually a living hell for pedestrians in the city as there are hardly any footpaths left. If at all there are, they are encroached by vendors and people parking illegally. Consequently, pedestrians are compelled to walk on the roads.Meanwhile, valet parking has turned out to be another menace causing traffic congestion. Incompetence in handling the otherwise smooth operation by corpo
It is virtually a living hell for pedestrians in the city as there are hardly any footpaths left.
If at all there are, they are encroached by vendors and people parking illegally. Consequently, pedestrians are compelled to walk on the roads.
Meanwhile, valet parking has turned out to be another menace causing traffic congestion.
Incompetence in handling the otherwise smooth operation by corporate restaurants and taking three to five minutes to complete one vehicle is creating traffic jams.
For instance, valets on the footpaths near KBR Road leave little space for pedestrians.
In addition, one-way roads serve no purpose near busy junctions, such as Banjara Hills Road No 12 between MLA quarters and TRS office and Nagarjuna Circle, Road No 3.
A number of civil society organisations approached judicial courts many times seeking action against the huge commercial complexes and star hotels for creating traffic jam on the roads.
The judiciary passed orders against the GHMC and the government regarding illegal parking in front of these establishments.
Surprisingly, GHMC has no information over the number of footpaths in the city.
Padmanabha Reddy of Forum for Good Governance lamented that they could not elicit information from the Corporation regarding the same through RTI.
He demanded stern action against the institutions responsible for illegal parking.
A top police official expressed inability to control traffic in the city. “Whenever the police initiate action against the street vendors, politicians plunge into action in support of encroaching vendors,” he accused.
A shopkeeper, on condition of anonymity revealed that all commercial complex owners pay huge amounts every month to the police to ignore the problem.
When contacted, Circle 10 Traffic DCP Satyanarayana told The Hans India that there is no coordination between the officials of GHMC and the Traffic department, which has become a hurdle in finding a solution.
He said that a coordination meeting would be organised soon to initiate a special drive against footpath encroachment.
Traffic DCP AV Ranganath, ruling out inaction, said that stern action would be taken against encroachers.
“We are conducting patrolling during peak hours,” he said.
Veda Kumar, representative of Forum for Good Governance, said that footpaths should be preserved by providing alternative livelihood to street vendors.
“There should be designer footpaths in the city giving due respect to pedestrians,” he demanded.
