Social organizations and the citizens groups have finally found a ray of hope in the Municipal Commissioner Mahesh Zagde's admission that the city of Pune has turned into a pedestrian-unfriendly city. These organizations and citizens groups now feel that the Pune Municipal Corporation will now take stringent steps to improve the conditions as regards the safety and convenience of the pedestrians.
Mr. Zagde had said recently that a substantial budgetary provision would help change the situation. It is a bitter truth that the city does not have any policy for the security of the pedestrians. The civic body has always kept harping the point of lack of sufficient funds for providing such facilities to the pedestrians. Organizations like the PMP Pravasi Manch, Pedestrians First and Sajag Nagrik Manch have requested the Municipal Commissioner to start off with some low cost measures as soon as possible.
The organizations have prepared a ten-point charter of demands. The main demand is the removal of encroachments on the pavements. The organizations have said that it is the responsibility of the civic administration to seize all the encroachment material on footpaths. Moreover, the construction material and heaps of debris which add to the problems of the pedestrians need to be removed quickly.
The organizations have also demanded that the footpaths under construction or those which are to be constructed should be designed taking into consideration the requirements of the pedestrians.
Footpaths are meant for the pedestrians and hence their needs should be the top priority in the construc [...]
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