The Right to Walk Foundation,Hyderabad

The Right to Walk Foundation

Hyderabad,July ,2008:‘The Right to Walk Foundation’ is a Hyderabad based foundation fighting for the Rights of the pedestrians.Its the brainchild of Ms. Kanthimathi Kannan, a resident of the city of Hyderabad.

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The Foundation takes its root from the shared concern that the GHMC has failed to provide the common man with a wide enough footpath; free of encroachments, stench and garbage to walk on and from the fact that to-date, there has been no clear-cut focus on problems faced by pedestrians in the city or measures to solve the same. The core issues that the Right to Walk Foundation, is being established to address are:

	1.		Do the citizens of India have a Right to Walk?

	2.		Whose responsibility is it to provide for and maintain footpaths?

	3.		What is the mandatory width and height of footpaths?

	4.		What are the steps that the GHMC takes in order to ensure that encroachments, littering and urinating on footpaths does not happen? (For example, does the GHMC take parking issues into account while issuing trade licenses?)

	5.		What are the facilities provided for pedestrians to cross a road?

	6.		What are the facilities provided for commuters to use public transport?

Ms. Kanthimathi Kannan started the The Right to Walk campaign in 2005 with her own neighbourhood in Hyderabad, Mehdipatnam. She decided to concentrate on the stretch leading from her house in Karol Bagh Colony to Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital in Masab Tank. To achieve the desired result, she has been submitting numerous petitions, and filing applications under the Right to Information Act (RTI Act) to urge the GHMC to make the footpaths along this stretch pedestrian-friendly.

At the same time to create awareness about the campaign, she has also been meeting functionaries from governmental organisations who have shown an interest in the campaign and like-minded people from various non-governmental organisations in the city who are doing their bit in improving the city of Hyderabad.

Join the Fight!.

July' 2008

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