India, June 24 -- Walking Project, a non governmental organisation (NGO) working to improve walkability in the city, has put out a call for volunteers to be a part of their project. The NGO plans to form 15-membered committees in each ward, tasked with identifying problematic locations, coming up with solutions, and pitching them to the authorities in order to implement them. On Monday, the NGO announced their first convener, P Sriganesh, of the K East ward, and held a meeting with the local MLA Murji Patel to discuss the project.

Walkability is the extent to which the roads and infrastructure are pedestrian-friendly and safe.

Each ward team would be headed by a convener and a co-convener, who would be the foot soldiers of pedestrian st...