Professor B. R. Sant nominated Member of CII Telangana Culture and Tourism Panel for the year 2019-2020
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Telangana State Council, Hyderabad, has invited Professor B. R. Sant to be a member of the Panel on Telangana Culture & Tourism. "In view of your vast experience and interest in this field. I am writing to cordially invite you to be a Member of this Panel for the year 2019-2020,” Ms Vanita Datla, Convenor - CII Telangana Culture and Tourism Panel said in a message to him. In its first meeting held recently, Professor Sant submitted a proposal on TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE OF ENCR…
We want to walk. We are pedestrians. Please provide us encroachment-free-footpaths
Respectable way to check footpath encroachments in Hyderabad March 18, 2019 By Professor B. R. Sant* Encroachment-free-footpaths (EFF), is a part of beauty, culture, discipline, and tradition of any city in the world, more so the ones that are aspiring to become ‘global cities’. However, almost all footpaths (also called sidewalks, pavements) on the two sides of any road, big or small, in Hyderabad are “encroached”, causing extreme hardship to pedestrians to walk safely, comfortably, and with dignity. “Pavements” and “roads” are TWINS with cle…
Will pedestrians finally have their footpaths?
With the civic authorities resuming the drive to clear footpaths of encroachments perhaps there is still some hope for pedestrians in Hyderabad. With the dust settling on the election trail and elections to the State Assembly now over the city administration seems to have revived its drive to unsettle the footpath settlers in right earnest. The Telangana Today newspaper reports that the Enforcement Vigilance and Disaster Management (EVDM) wing of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has resumed its drive to clear encroachments …
Where are our footpaths?
By Professor B. R. Sant A nation-wide mission for Encroachment Free Footpaths (EFE) is apt to be part of the challenge set Prime Minister Narendra Modi for transforming the country into a ‘New India’ by 2022 — the 75th anniversary of India’s independence. Footpaths and Pedestrians Everybody is a pedestrian at one time or the other and have to walk, both by law and convention, only on footpaths (also called pavements or sidewalks). But definitely not on roads which are meant for motorized/vehicular traffic. The two are equally essential, import…
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