1. Making Alaknanda Walkable*
Why the new footpath is not walkable and what to do
about it
Version: March 25, 2014
* A Citizens’ Alliance Initiative

2. 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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3. 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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4. 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
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5. 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 month
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6. 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
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7. Level the Surface
so 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/mesh
Make wheelchair friendly
Leveling and relaying the tiles Level the access and remove protuberances
Level access
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8. Unblock the path…1
Police + 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
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9. Unblock the path…2
Police + 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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10. Unblock the path…3
Police + 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
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11. Remove the Hazards
PWD >>> 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
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12. Make it accessible for pedestrians
Police + 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 zone
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13. Remove Encroachments…1
PWD + 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
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14. Remove Encroachments…2
PWD + 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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15. Not all encroachments are a problem
1. 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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16. THANK YOU
It is possible and not too difficult to create the best resident walking
zone in Delhi
THANK YOU
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20. 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

21. THANK YOU
It is possible and not too difficult to create
the best resident walking zone in Delhi
THANK YOU
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