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2 weeks ago

Glass fibre wires sprout on pavements, awaiting connection

Unused coloured glass fibre connections are proliferating in Dutch streets as cable companies take their time connecting users and hedge their bets on potential clients, Nu.nl reported on Monday. According to figures from consumer and market authority ACM, the Netherlands has some three million active glass fibre accounts but some 7.7 million buildings have the potential to be connected to …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Expert tips for running in the dark this winter

The Independent

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2 months, 1 week ago

Lego Pharrell. Robbie Williams as a monkey. Are music movies OK?

Slate

A little ways into Pavements, Alex Ross Perry’s documentary about the influential indie-rock band Pavement, lead singer Stephen Malkmus gets the news that the group is to be the subject of a Hollywood biopic. There’s just one problem, Malkmus points out: “Has there ever been a good movie about a rock band?” The good news for Malkmus, as well as …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Pavement just played a concert they called “the end of our career.”

Slate

The night before the New York premiere of Pavements, Alex Ross Perry’s prismatic, inventive, maddeningly clever documentary about the poster children for success-shy ’90s indie rock, the band themselves assembled in Midtown Manhattan for a “one-off” concert. “I don’t know how much you know about Pavement,” he continued, and I realized that, naturally, I was in a room absolutely packed …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

PIL in Madras HC against CMRL for displaying names of advertisers bigger than those of metro stations

The Hindu

The Madras High Court on Monday sought the response of the Chennai Metro Rail Limited to a public interest litigation petition filed against the practice of displaying the names of advertisers in a bigger font size than the names of the metro stations concerned. Balaji also wanted the CMRL to respond to the allegation that it permitted the construction of …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Centre plans to use ‘Whitetopping Technology’ for pothole-free national highways. What is it?

Hindustan Times

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways plans to implement a new policy for repairing existing national highway sections using “Whitetopping Technology”. The ministry has requested feedback from stakeholders on the proposed policy, titled “Use of Whitetopping Technology for Rehabilitation/Strengthening of National Highways,” by September 7. Ministry of road transport and highways plans to implement new policy for repairing existing …

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8 months ago

I’m a slow runner – here’s how I found joy in plodding the pavements

The Independent

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1 year, 1 month ago

As monsoon sets in, Chennai Corporation to begin work on improving pavements

The Hindu

Owing to vocal demands from residents and civic rights activists to repair and improve the city’s pavements before the onset of heavy rains and to avoid road accidents, the Greater Chennai Corporation is planning to revamp pavements on 17 bus route roads and interior roads. Interiors road pavements to be revamped Zone 4 - North Avenue, Asiriyar Street, Jawahar Street, …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Adele refers to Rich Paul as her ‘husband,’ sends fans chasing marriage-rumor pavements

LA Times

Singer Adele referred to someone as her “husband” at her weekend concert, and fans now think she and sports agent Rich Paul are married. The “Hello” singer has said that she and Paul have been friends for a while but didn’t start a relationship until the beginning of 2021. Incidentally, Paul revealed in a New Yorker profile around that time …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Smart City Mission model road | Broken road, pavement slabs and haphazard parking irk users of Coimbatore’s D.B Road; officials, police request public cooperation

The Hindu

Damaged pavements, potholes and haphazard parking on D.B Road in R.S Puram, Coimbatore, is a matter of concern for pedestrians and motorists. Coimbatore Corporation, as part of the Smart Cities Mission, developed the 1.80 km stretch as model road at ₹ 24.36 crore. Kumar, a shopkeeper, said that though the redesign eased traffic congestion considerably on the stretch, the stone …

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1 year, 5 months ago

A tour of pavements in Chennai

The Hindu

A safety hazard in Nungambakkam Up to a point, Valluvar Kottam High Road has a median. An open danger in Teynampet At first look, an empty electrical cable drum roller sits squat on the pavement at Anna Salai in Teynampet, right outside Seshachalam Centre. A cable dangles across the pavement, right in front of this gaping hole, as if planted …

Pavement Cable

1 year, 10 months ago

GHMC pays for plants washed away in 2020 floods

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation authorities were paying to maintain saplings washed away in the October 2020 floods. Surprisingly, even though 80 per cent of the developmental works including vertical gardens and other plants coming in the way were washed during the back-to-back floods in 2020 and 2021, the Urban Bio-Diversity officials were paying Rs 1.68 lakh per month …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Paving the way for encroachment-free pavements

The Hindu

Anantapur and Kurnool cities are no exception to the encroachment of public pavements alongside the main thoroughfares and in the residential colonies with impunity thanks to the political patronage they receive irrespective of party affiliations. Kurnool city has made a new beginning to free its pavement of the encroachers by removing the kiosks, push-cart vendors and other semi-permanent unauthorised businesses …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Floods wash away Rs 11 crore Musi beautification works

Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: The Musi beautification works carried out at a cost Rs 11 crore were washed away in the recent flood caused by heavy rains in the city and on its outskirts. The Musi Riverfront Development Corporation Limited authorities claimed that the water cut through the soil underneath the pavements at Bapu Ghat, Muslim Jung Bridge, Puranapul, Chaderghat and Nagole. The …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Footpaths in Bengaluru: Big talk, dangerous to walk

The Hindu

Walking on the footpaths in Bengaluru is a delicate balancing act that often throws one’s life and limb at risk. For instance, a survey on city politics conducted by Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy revealed that lack of footpaths and pedestrian facilities dominate the concerns of citizens across the city, cutting across all classes. In March 2021, the Karnataka …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Delhiwale: Parading the pavements in pink

Hindustan Times

You have to be in this place in Ghaziabad to believe it, even if your home is far away in Gurugram or Faridabad, or even Uttam Nagar. This is probably the most surreal roadside sight these days in the entire Delhi region. Here’s a vast shrubbery of pink bougainvilleas, and amid the luscious bloom lies the charred remains of a …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Navi Mumbai’s Turbhe residents demand reconstruction of pavements

Hindustan Times

The residents of Turbhe are miffed as the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation is turning a blind eye to the old and crumbling pavements in their area. The local residents claim that the pavements in the entire area are in a bad shape and if requisite measures are not taken soon, more people would meet with similar accidents. You can see …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Brighton divided as pesticide ban leads to ‘dangerous’ weeds

The Independent

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3 years, 4 months ago

‘Prioritise pedestrian needs along metro line’

The Hindu

After missing several deadlines in the past, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. is gearing up to start commercial operations of the extended metro line on Mysuru Road to Kengeri. If BMRCL takes measures to provide good access, the general public will benefit.” Need for an FoB The newly built Kengeri Bus Terminal metro station is located close to the …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Elderly Woman With Rotting Toe Found Dumped on Pavements in Indore

News 18

Weeks after municipal employees were seen dumping elderly residents on city outskirts, an aged woman was found homeless on a road leading to a famous hillock in the city with a toe rotting with infection. Meanwhile, on Monday, a video had gone viral in which an elderly homeless woman was seen lying on a steel table on the pavements on …

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3 years, 11 months ago

GHMC, HMRL tussle over pavements at Metro stations

Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation and Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited have got into a tussle over pavements near Metro Rail stations. While HMRL is maintaining pavements at Metro stations along two corridors from Nagole to Miyapur and LB Nagar to Raidurg, it has not shown similar interest when it comes to the Metro line between JBS and MGBS. Metro authorities …

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4 years, 3 months ago

E scooter roll-out suspended after five days because users were seen mounting pavements and nearly hitting pedestrians

The Telegraph

A year-long trial of electric scooters has been suspended after just five days because people were riding them on pavements. Some 200 e-scooters were deployed in the Midlands, in the UK's biggest trial of its kind, on Thursday, but Coventry City Council has “paused” the scheme amid reports they were being used in pedestrianised areas. Coventry residents have reported the …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Nearly 1.5 cr people walk to work in Mumbai, but metropolis doesn’t prioritise pavements

Firstpost

Historically, large infrastructure projects in Mumbai like the Coastal Road or Bandra-Worli Sea Link have governed state imagination. “What’s not taken into account is that people also walk, cross, rest, run businesses, and celebrate festivals on the street,” Dhawal Ashar, manager, Urban Transport And Road Safety, World Resources Institute India Sustainable Cities, says. “There was an endless blame-game from BMC …

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4 years, 4 months ago

After Dining Ban, Takeaway Waste Clutters Hong Kong's Pavements, Parks and Waterways

News 18

A deluge of trash from takeaway containers and disposable cutlery is cluttering the streets and parks of Hong Kong as coronavirus restrictions on dining in restaurants eat away at the city's capacity to dispose of its garbage. "For many people, the biggest issue is they don't deal with their own waste on a daily basis so they aren't realising the …

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Glass fibre wires sprout on pavements, awaiting connection

Expert tips for running in the dark this winter

Lego Pharrell. Robbie Williams as a monkey. Are music movies OK?

Pavement just played a concert they called “the end of our career.”

PIL in Madras HC against CMRL for displaying names of advertisers bigger than those of metro stations

Centre plans to use ‘Whitetopping Technology’ for pothole-free national highways. What is it?

I’m a slow runner – here’s how I found joy in plodding the pavements

As monsoon sets in, Chennai Corporation to begin work on improving pavements

Adele refers to Rich Paul as her ‘husband,’ sends fans chasing marriage-rumor pavements

Smart City Mission model road | Broken road, pavement slabs and haphazard parking irk users of Coimbatore’s D.B Road; officials, police request public cooperation

A tour of pavements in Chennai

GHMC pays for plants washed away in 2020 floods

Paving the way for encroachment-free pavements

Floods wash away Rs 11 crore Musi beautification works

Footpaths in Bengaluru: Big talk, dangerous to walk

Delhiwale: Parading the pavements in pink

Navi Mumbai’s Turbhe residents demand reconstruction of pavements

Brighton divided as pesticide ban leads to ‘dangerous’ weeds

‘Prioritise pedestrian needs along metro line’

Elderly Woman With Rotting Toe Found Dumped on Pavements in Indore

GHMC, HMRL tussle over pavements at Metro stations

E scooter roll-out suspended after five days because users were seen mounting pavements and nearly hitting pedestrians

Nearly 1.5 cr people walk to work in Mumbai, but metropolis doesn’t prioritise pavements

After Dining Ban, Takeaway Waste Clutters Hong Kong's Pavements, Parks and Waterways