The Hindu's launches a campaign "Right to Walk,” which aims to "reclaim our city’s footpaths" and "goad local officials to act." Every day the newspaper posts sidewalks completely blocked by trash, parked cars and motorbikes, vendors, road signs, and construction. The campaign reveals a scene in which sidewalks are illegally appropriated for commercial activity and parking, forcing those on foot into the street, which is clogged with dangerous traffic.
This is a good effort on the part of Hindu to bring to the notice of the authorities the poor state of affairs of our beautiful city Chennai. Good number of photos have been posted in this facebook page and can also see some changes taking place by the concerned authorities.
Readers can mail the pictures of bad pavements (size not more than 1.5 MB) to myright@thehindu.co.in The pictures will be posted on www.facebook.com/chennaicentral and will also be considered for publication in the newspaper.
Website: http://thne.ws/mychennai
Twitter: @chennaicentral; Hashtag: #righttowalk
