Published Jul 13, 2026 | 7:59 PM ⚊ Updated Jul 13, 2026 | 7:59 PM
Hyderabad, 6 July: A mound of earth and parked vehicles hinder a free and safe movement of pedestrians at Sainikpuri.
Synopsis: Pedestrians, perhaps the largest unorganised section of citizens, are deprived of footpaths — pavements to walk safely and with dignity. The Supreme Court has now asserted that the right to walk on safe, demarcated footpaths is a fundamental right under the rights to free movement and life. But are the footpaths in your city available for pedestrians?
The confectioner in the photograph has a famous address as its name — Fifth Avenue, a major thoroughfare in the borough of Manhattan in New York.
However, the real Fifth Avenue has nothing to do with the road at Sainikpuri, a residential neighbourhood in the northeastern part of Hyderabad. Poles apart, let’s say, though administrators often promise to uplift the city to the standards of some foreign country.
Let’s not discuss the promised “standards” — we have a more important and urgent issue at hand: parked vehicles and a mound of earth that denies citizens their right to walk — as Sreshta Ladegaam shows in this photograph.
This is the city where Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, too, resides. And he takes pride in HYDRAA (not the serpentine lake monster in Greek mythology).
Hyderabad, 6 July: A mound of earth and parked vehicles hinder a free and safe movement of pedestrians at Sainikpuri.
Join South First’s Reclaim Footpaths campaign. If you see a footpath that is encroached on or damaged, share a photo and details (location, date) with us at +91 8341082462. We will flag it to the authorities responsible for fixing it.
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