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The Right to Walk Foundation, which is currently in the process of being registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 is the brainchild of Ms. Kanthimathi Kannan, a resident of the city of Hyderabad for the last fifty years. Appalled at the now-common sight of pedestrians of the city having to either walk on the road, at the risk of being run-over by vehicles of varying shapes and sizes; or on garbage-filled pavements or on pavements that double up as public urinals, Mrs. Kannan decided to start a campaign to goad the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and the Police to take up the matter of pedestrian problems seriously and to do something to improve the condition of pavements around the city and make them pedestrian-friendly.
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:
  • Do the citizens of India have a Right to Walk?
  • Whose responsibility is it to provide for and maintain footpaths?
  • What is the mandatory width and height of footpaths?
  • 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?)
  • What are the facilities provided for pedestrians to cross a road?
  • What are the facilities provided for commuters to use public transport?

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    The Right to Walk Foundation is a Hyderabad based NGO campaigning for pedestrian rights. It is registered society under the Andhra Pradesh Registration Act, 2001 and the registration number is 468 of 2008. The Foundation takes its root from the shared concern that the GHMC had 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.