Reported by Mid-day
This paper features a page where readers can write in about civic problems /or one particular vexatious issue that makes them more vulnerable or even puts them in danger.
A senior citizen has written in about a Prabhadevi footpath which is high and may need a gentle incline so that seniors can access it.
On the surface, this seems to be just about a footpath. We need to look at this holistically. So many pavements (if they exist at all) are extremely high across the city, and seniors struggle to access them.
Many are encroached upon, simply not there or broken in parts. A pavement is more than a pavement. It means freedom for seniors who can go out of their home independently, and so it gives them agency.
They do not have to be dependent on others to take them somewhere. Our roads are yet another challenge, but we need to first make our pavements walkable too.
