Given the resonance that infrastructure has in our city, touching lives across, it is not surprising that our edit yesterday, about the Supreme Court on Friday, June 19, in a judgment, declaring the freedom to walk on demarcated and well-maintained footpaths a fundamental right,  evoked considerable response. Our editorial stated that the highest court in the country had to intervene and pass a judgment on something so basic and taken for granted, or as a right in other countries, is extremely telling.

We said that authorities need to make our pavements/footpaths accessible. While the onus does fall on our city/civic leaders to make usable pavements, we can also relook at ourselves. Bikers climb onto pavements as if they are a special road for them and zip across different buildings, getting away from main road traffic.