It is no longer a pedestrian-friendly city, rue denizens of Guntur, the third largest city in Andhra Pradesh with a population of nearly 9 lakh.
Part of the Amaravati Capital Region Development Authority, Guntur city has few pedestrian-friendly roads. Most of the main roads and the internal roads are bereft of footpaths, and the ones that exist are few and far in between. Even these are mostly occupied by roadside vendors, say pedestrians.
While the Guntur Municipal Corporation (GMC) has been making efforts to improve the traffic flow by widening roads, little has been done to make the roads safer for pedestrians. Even traffic flow is affected in many areas as people are forced to walk almost in the middle of the road due to the roadsides being occupied by vendors and small commercial establishments.
