lets make alaknanda walkable

Making Alaknanda Walkable*

Why the new footpath is not walkable and what to do about it

Version: March 25, 2014

* A Citizens’ Alliance Initiative

Key objectives

• Footpaths should be walkable for all including– Senior citizens and physically challenged

– Mothers with children and prams

• Walkability requires– Good width (about 6 to 8 feet)

– Level surface

– Unhindered path• E.g Billboards, signboards, kiosks, encroachments • E.g Billboards, signboards, kiosks, encroachments

– Hazards• E.g. Barbed wires, overhead cables, projections, pipes etc.

– Safe and Smooth access at level changes• E.g. Roads crossings etc.

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The achievable result

• Simple changes that will take little effort or costs

• Will create immediate high visibility improvement

• Reduce need to drive to the market

– Less parking required , greater market access, reduced congestion, reduced accidents in the area and also deaths, etc. etc.

• Will immediately set a citywide and national example

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All we need is this

• Start small

– Practical solutions – Practical solutions

– Quick to implement

• Lets prioritize

– Easy things first– Easy things first

– Build consensus amongst residents and

functionaries



The ideal place to start

Road from Mandakini Enclave to Tara Apartments

Connects Alaknanda to Local Market ->>Connects Alaknanda to Local Market ->>

<<- 8 foot newly built footpath exists on both sides

Will benefit every resident of the area and is

visible to lakhs more who pass by every monthMaking Alaknanda Walkable: A Citizens


Do five things, that’s all

› Levelled surface

› Remove blockages

› Clear out access points

› Remove the risks & hazards› Remove the risks & hazards

› Remove the few encroachments



Level the Surfaceso that People should not stumble, Prams and wheelchair friendly, and No fear of falling.

PWD >>> Concrete grid for trees > Wheelchair friendly > Leveled access & protuberances

Levelling to make it wheelchair friendlyConcrete grid let in air/water & level surface

Protuberance

Concrete grid/meshMake wheelchair friendly

Leveling and relaying the tiles Level the access and remove protuberances

Level access


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Unblock the path…1Police + PWD >>> Remove signs & pillars > Take out clutter >Tow vehicles > Break construction

Remove signs – Ad boards by PWD/MCD Remove pillars

Remove signs put up by private parties or RWAs Remove wrongly put road signs



Unblock the path…2Police + PWD >>> Remove signs & pillars > Take out clutter >Tow vehicles > Break construction

Take out clutter – of footpath contractorsTake out clutter – road contractors

Take out clutter – of the MCD Take out clutter – of Private parties


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Unblock the path…3Police + PWD >>>Remove signs & pillars > Remove clutter > Tow vehicles > Remove construction

Tow away if on road between footpathTow away if on footpath

Remove uncovered illegal construction Remove covered illegal construction



Remove the HazardsPWD >>> Close man holes > Cut barbed wire & TV cable > Remove protuberances

Remove barbed wire & protuberances – in the airRemove protuberances - on the ground

Cut barbed wire & TV CableClose all man holes



Make it accessible for pedestriansPolice + PWD >>> No parking on pedestrian crossing > Raised crossings > Wheelchair friendly

Raise zebra crossings to footpath level*Absolutely no parking on zebra crossings

Level it out – wheelchair/ pram friendlyPedestrian crossings at all crossroads

*The resultant speed-breakers will also slow down traffic in accident and death-prone zone12

Remove Encroachments…1PWD + Police >>> Remove/move partial encroachments > Remove full encroachments

Remove fully - shopkeepers encroachment Remove fully – overhead encroachment

Move to a cart – vendors encroachment* Move to a cart – vendors encroachment*

*The Street Vendors Act 2014 applies therefore alternate has to be provided for temporary encroachers

# Citizens Alliance will help arrange financing for carts for Street Vendors



Remove Encroachments…2PWD + Police >>> Remove/move partial encroachments > Remove full encroachments

Wheeled – move to parking space By RWA – remove or other RWAs will follow

Remove – does not come under Vendors Act Remove – does not come under Vendors Act

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Not all encroachments are a problem1. Put encroachments on carts and put carts in parking space. 2. Keep a police person/footpath

warden. 3. Allow and facilitate temporary and mobile vendors

rediwaala is not blocking the footpath Chataiwaala has left the footpath free

This sabziwaala can easily be moved to a cart

On weekly Shanibazaar only in designated

segment, parking should be left unoccupied &

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THANK YOU

It is possible and not too difficult to create the best resident walking

zone in Delhi

THANK YOU



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Street Vendors Act, 2014

• 2(l) “street vendor” means a person engaged in vending of articles, goods, wares, food items

or merchandise of everyday use or offering services to the general public, in a street, lane,

side walk, footpath, pavement, public park or any other public place or private area, from a

temporary built up structure…

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• 2(n) “vending zone” means an area or a place or a location designated as such by the local

authority, on the recommendations of the Town Vending Committee, for the specific use by

street vendors for street vending and includes footpath, side walk, pavement, embankment,

portions of a street, waiting area for public or any such place considered suitable for vending

activities and providing services to the general public.

• 3(3) No street vendor shall be evicted or, as the case may be, relocated till the survey

specified under sub-section (1) has been completed and the certificate of vending is issued

to all street vendors.

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to all street vendors.

• 12(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where any area or space, as

the case may be, has been earmarked as no-vending zone, no street vendor shall carry out

any vending activities in that zone.



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• It is possible and not too difficult to create the best resident walking zone in Delhi

THANK YOU

It is possible and not too difficult to create

the best resident walking zone in Delhi

THANK YOU



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