Greenpeace hands over street design plan to officials in Mysuru

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Greenpeace India representatives handing over the Samavesha report to Deputy Commissioner (Development) of MCC Manjunath C. S. in Mysuru on Friday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Greenpeace India has handed over “participatory” street design reports to officials from the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and Mysuru City Traffic Police on Thursday.

The participatory design reports for streets developed through the ‘Samavesha’ initiative involving months of engagement with civil society groups, residents and other stakeholders, seeks to reclaim the streets as a safer, more walkable public space accessible to everyone.

The printed design reports were handed over to Deputy Commissioner (Development) Manjunath C. S., office of the Assistant Commissioner of Police (Traffic), Shivarampet, and Assistant Executive Engineer, PWD, Mahadevaswamy, who is overseeing the re-development of AIISH-Bogadi Road Junction in Mysuru on Thursday.

“The report, developed between October 2025 and March 2026 through months of citizen and stakeholder engagement — including accessibility audits, community workshops, and visualisation exercises involving residents, persons with disabilities, parents, caregivers and students — calls for scientifically-designed traffic-calming measures, obstruction-free and continuous footpaths, ramps, tactile paving, empathy line markings, covered open drains, and visually enhanced zebra crossings, centred around the needs of the most vulnerable pedestrians,” said a statement issued by Greenpeace India on Friday.

The Mysore School of Architecture, led by Dean Dr. Champa H.S., was a key partner in shaping the design.

Public space practitioner from Greenpeace India Deepak Srinivasan said they approached the municipal and civil works authorities again with the street-design report titled Samavesha which Greenpeace collaboratively developed with Mysore School of Architecture, as a follow up on the publicly released report in March after hearing about the road development wor