Holy Family Junction, Chakala, to Chakala metro station

This busy business hub sees tens and thousands of people walking to their work places either directly from the railway station, closest metro station or BEST bus stop.

- Shashank Rao

However, the state of the footpaths is such that pedestrians are compelled to skip between the roads and the footpaths frequently.

We began our walk from the Holy Family High School junction at around 4.30 pm—a walking distance from WEH/ Gundavali metro stations, the footpath under the stations is occupied by food vendors, encroached by shop owners, hawkers and temporary stalls, leaving little space to walk.