Metropolitan Police Office is extensively demolishing physical structures such as retaining walls, parts of houses and even the existing footpaths to expand the Valley roads. With increasing population, number of vehicles is also increasing. This urban development task of widening the roads has become necessary. However, it seems that adequate space has not been left for footpath construction overlooking the rights of the pedestrians. Breaking structures are necessary to expand the road, but it is not sufficient for safe movement considering the obstruction created by demolished materials littered on the roadside.
For limited space of footpath or lack of it, pedestrians are bound to walk on the roads instead, which makes them prone to accidents. Minimum width of footpath for pedestrian needs to be fixed, the remaining space needs to be used for expanding motorable road. It is not necessary that the footpath needs to be very wide, as the width alone does not guarantee pedestrians’ safety.
Using footpath by shops, vendors, and motorcyclist is entirely wrong. It is considered as no person’s land and even used for storing construction materials by local. Therefore, such footpath-obstructing practices should strictly be discouraged.
— Basan Shrestha, Ghattekulo Marg
http://www.epaper.thehimalayantimes.com/PUBLICATIONS/THT/THT/2012/01/29/ArticleHtmls/PEOPLE-SPEAK-Address-pedestrians-safety-29012012008003.shtml?Mode=1
For limited space of footpath or lack of it, pedestrians are bound to walk on the roads instead, which makes them prone to accidents. Minimum width of footpath for pedestrian needs to be fixed, the remaining space needs to be used for expanding motorable road. It is not necessary that the footpath needs to be very wide, as the width alone does not guarantee pedestrians’ safety.
Using footpath by shops, vendors, and motorcyclist is entirely wrong. It is considered as no person’s land and even used for storing construction materials by local. Therefore, such footpath-obstructing practices should strictly be discouraged.
— Basan Shrestha, Ghattekulo Marg
http://www.epaper.thehimalayantimes.com/PUBLICATIONS/THT/THT/2012/01/29/ArticleHtmls/PEOPLE-SPEAK-Address-pedestrians-safety-29012012008003.shtml?Mode=1
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