Great move my @cmohry @DC_Gurugram This was long due. I might be sounding unreasonable. The Invisible Encroachment is finally visible! 😁 It is disheartening to walk through Gurgaon’s residential blocks and see how public land is systematically "claimed" by private villas. From extending boundaries into green belts to paving over footpaths for private parking or landscaping, these 10-foot strips of land are being erased from public use. The hypocrisy is glaring: We label a street vendor an "encroacher" for trying to earn a living. We ignore the villa owner who absorbs the public footpath into their garden. We accept cars parked on sidewalks as a norm, rather than a violation of public right-of-way. In these very colonies, the domestic helps, children walking to government schools , are forced into the path of traffic because their designated walking space has been stolen. We must stop viewing public space as "surplus" land for private expansion. It is time to address this and design our streets for people, not for private entitlement.
