Pedestrians ignore footpaths, choose roads

Pedestrians prefer walking on roads instead of navigating broken and inconvenient footpaths. People take the road instead of walking on broken footpaths on both conventional and Tender (Specifications for Urban Road Execution) S.U.R.E.  footpaths. Tender SURE infrastructure is designed to avoid road cutting and major maintenance. Shobha, a 64-year-old pedestrian walking on Jayanagar’s 27th cross, […]

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Construction materials claim footpaths; pedestrians walk on roads

BBMP officials say they receive few complaints about construction material on footpaths. Construction materials have taken over footpaths in Jayanagar, forcing pedestrians to walk on roads. Many places in Jayanagar, including the pavement outside the Shaffer Memorial Church in South End Circle, have been encroached with construction materials, like cement, gravel and other debris. Footpaths […]

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Construction materials take over footpath, pedestrians take the road

Construction materials for commercial buildings lying on pavements in Jayanagar are forcing pedestrians to walk on the roads. Also, ongoing footpath construction on many roads adds to the plight of common man. By Vivek Kumar M  “It is difficult to walk on footpaths. Firstly, the footpaths aren’t constructed properly and on several roads construction work […]

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