Municipal Commissioner Ashwini Bhide on Monday conducted an extensive inspection of ongoing measures under the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) ‘Pedestrian First’ campaign, aimed at making footpaths obstruction-free, accessible and safer for pedestrians.
Bhide spent more than three hours inspecting footpaths and civic infrastructure at several locations across Mumbai city. Her inspection covered areas in D, E, B, C and A wards, including Nana Chowk, Grant Road railway station, Naushir Bharucha Cross Lane, Shankarsheth Road, Tardeo Road, Dr Anand Rao Nair Road, Nair Hospital, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Road, Nath Pai Road, Sant Savta Road, Lokmanya Tilak Road, Sindoor Bridge, Raghunath Maharaj Street, Kazi Syed Road, Jagannath Shankarsheth Road, Dhobitalao Lane, Marine Lines, Chandanwadi, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Mandai (Crawford Market) and Municipal Road.
During her visit to Grant Road railway station, Jagannath Shankarsheth Metro station and the Nair Hospital area, Bhide directed officials to implement measures that would ensure pedestrians can move freely and safely. She also inspected licences of authorised hawkers operating on footpaths.
Bhide instructed that licensed hawkers must conduct business only within the spaces allotted to them and must not occupy areas beyond the prescribed limits. The Licensing Department was directed to survey the areas being used by all licensed hawkers and take strict action against those found exceeding their permitted space.
She further directed officials to remove all types of obstructions from footpaths and undertake necessary improvements, beautification and safety measures to make them more pedestrian-friendly.
As part of the inspection, Bhide also visited a dry waste collection centre in E Ward, a Solid Waste Management Department outpost at Reay Road and a collection centre on Sant Savta Road. She inspected several Garbage Vulnerable Points (GVPs) where waste is frequently dumped.
Officials were instructed to install CCTV cameras immediately at such locations and take action against people found dumping waste. Bhide also directed that dry waste segregation centres be properly designed and that the type of segregated waste be clearly displayed on the front of the respective waste bags.
Bhide expressed satisfaction with the progress of the ‘Pedestrian First’ campaign across Mumbai. However, she stressed that civic departments must implement measures more effectively so that the improvements on footpaths are clearly visible and noticeable to pedestrians.
Deputy Municipal Commissioner (Circle 1) Chanda Jadhav, Deputy Municipal Commissioner (Commissioner’s Office) Prashant Gaikwad, and Assistant Commissioners Yogesh Salunkhe (D Ward), Anand Kankal (E Ward), Jitendra Ghorade (B Ward), Ujjwal Ingole (A Ward) and Sunil Mane (C Ward), among other officials, were present during the inspection.
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