New Delhi, May 22 -- Prabir Dasgupta, an employee of West Tripura District Court, developed a habit of returning home after office by walking, as the doctor prescribed him to walk at least 40 minutes a day. A resident of Jagaharimura in Agartala, he cannot manage a morning walk and has been habituated to walking home from office for the last 15 years, covering a 4.5-kilometre distance. Nowadays, he has to cut short his route by about 1.5 kilometres to avoid the main road due to traffic congestion and risky access to footpaths.

Nabanita Banik, a clinical psychologist at Agartala Government Medical College, had to stop her morning walk a month ago when she encountered an accident. A middle-aged cyclist was hit from the back by a truck car...