Walkability
While UTTIPEC will appoint consultants for the project, the plans will be executed by the road-owning agencies of the respective areas, the official added.
A second DDA official said on condition of anonymity that Prime Minister’s Office asked Delhi to prepare a plan similar to one implemented by Chennai.
Shreya Gadepalli, urban mobility expert and South Asia Programme Lead at the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), which collaborated with the Greater Chennai Corporation over the last eight years, highlighted that Chennai became the first city in India to adopt an NMT policy in 2014.
“The policy calls for 60% of Chennai’s transport budget for implementing the NMT policy. Chennai has already redeveloped about 100 km of walkable streets and is redesigning 400 additional streets. On small local streets, the city is set to place various traffic calming measures. Other key initiatives like effective parking management are being implemented,” she said.
The Chennai model is being implemented in 10 other cities of Tamil Nadu, including Coimbatore and Madurai.
Experts said the move is significant because Delhi’s agencies were working in silos until now, resulting in the city not being able get a a unified “walkability policy”.
“A dedicated policy on walkability has been a long-pending demand as governments have only been focusing on building road space to facilitate faster movement of vehicles. Under the plan, agencies should start with ensuring all footpaths are continuous in Delhi,” said K Ravinder, principal scientist, transportation planning division, Csir-central Road Research Institute (CRRI).
“Also, since most people prefer on-street walking options, all traffic signals should compulsorily have working signals for those on foot, which would require changing the signal cycles.” to get justice for the period of injustice which started in 1984. For decades, mothers, sisters, daughters and sons have shed tears, the law will deliver justice, wipe [their] tears,” the PM said.
Modi released a ~350 denomination commemorative silver coin to mark the 350th birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh.
He described the founder of the Khalsa sect as a warrior and a poet who had immense knowledge of religious scriptures.
Modi said the government now plans to celebrate the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak across the country. The PM said while the event will be held across various states and Union Territories, Indian embassies abroad will also organise programmes as part of the celebrations.
Guru Nanak was born in Nankana Sahib, now Pakistan. Modi said, for the last four years, his government has been making comprehensive efforts to bring the cultural and knowledge heritage of India to the world. “From Yoga to Ayurveda, the country has succeeded in re-establishing its status. This work continues.” Uttar Pradesh. Shivpal Yadav has parted ways with the Akhilesh Yadav-led SP, forming his own political outfit.
“No alliance can defeat the BJP without support from the PSPL, the Bahujan Mukti Party and our other allies. We are ready to form an alliance with other secular parties to defeat the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections and oust it from power at the Centre,” Yadav told ANI.
SK Dwivedi, a former professor at Lucknow University, said: “SP, BSP and Congress should have come together for larger impact of alliance. As the SP-BSP alliance and Congress will contest the poll separately, the nonBJP votes will be divided and may not have the desired impact.” Party (BJP). The BJP, the singlelargest party, had staked claim to form the government in the state. The day-old BS Yeddyurappa government later resigned in the absence of a majority, paving the way for a Congress-janata Dal (Secular) coalition to come to power.
Infighting in the country’s premier investigating agency came into public focus last year after Verma and CBI special director Rakesh Asthana engaged in an unprecedented feud in which they traded allegations of corruption against each other. The two were divested of their responsibilities later. Verma was stripped of his powers as CBI director and sent on forced leave by the government later on October 23, reinstated conditionally by the Supreme Court on January 9 this year, and two days later ousted from the agency and reassigned to the new job by the three-member committee. He later resigned from the new post, weeks before his tenure was set to end on January 31.