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Launch event culminated with signing of pledge to fight for ‘Right to Walk’
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Dehradun, November 24, 2019:
Public Relations Council of India (PRCI) Dehradun Chapter in association with Global PR and Event Servicestoday launched a campaign titled ‘Right to Walk’ to make Dehradun city walkable and safer for pedestrians. The launch event was addressed by Mr HP Uniyal, Advisor, State Planning Commission, Government of Uttarakhand; Mr Devendra Bhasin, Uttarakhand BJP Media In-charge; Mr Kishore Upadhayay, Former President Uttarakhand Congress and Mr Anupam Trivedi, Editor, News 18.Some prominent members from PRCI Dehradun Chapter who attended the event includeMr Shishir Prashant, Vice President; Mr Karunakar Jha, Zonal Head; Pankaj Tiwari, National Representative;Vikas Kumar, Secretary and Mr Hem Prakash, Treasurer. The launch event culminated with participants signing pledge to fight for their ‘Right to Walk’.
The aim of the‘Right to Walk’ campaign is to make people especially young generation aware of the benefits of safe and walkable streets. All the speakers present at the event acknowledged the severity of the problem and promised support to this cause. They deliberated on ways to make the city of Dehradun more walkable and unanimously agreed to make it part of the Citizen’s Charter.Citizen’s Charter is a document which represents a systematic effort to focus on the commitment of the Organisation towards its Citizens in respects of Standard of Services, Information, Choice and Consultation, Non-discrimination and Accessibility, Grievance Redress, Courtesy and Value for Money. This also includes expectations of the Organisation from the Citizen for fulfilling the commitment of the Organisation. Citizen’s Charter initiative not only covers the Central Government Ministries/ Departments/ Organisations but also the Departments/ Agencies of State Governments and UT Administrations. Various Departments/ Agencies of many State Governments and UT Administrations have brought out their Charters.
Addressing the distinguished gathering of Public Relations Industry, Media, Students and representatives from several government departments, Mr HP Uniyal, Advisor, State Planning Commission, Government of Uttarakhand applauded PRCI Dehradun team for the launch ‘Right to Walk’ campaign on a pertinent social issue which is becoming more severe every passing day. He talked about the provisions made in Dehradun Smart City plan for pedestrians.
Congratulating the PRCI Dehradun team for the launch of ‘Right to Walk’ campaign, Mr Rajesh Kumar, President, PRCI Dehradun expressed confidence that with the coming together of industry, academia, people leaders and government agencies the campaign will be a huge success. He emphasized on the need for creating public spaces and public parks in the city of Dehradun for people to walk for good health.”
Delivering the welcome speech, Mr Shishir Prashant said, “Due to maddening rush of traffic in Dehradun which has increased in the past two decades, there is no space left for pedestrians in post of the places. Except some places like EC Road and Rajpur Road (that too in patches), you will not find any pavement.”
He further added, “My right to walk has been snatched. I want this right back that too with all dignity. I think, the situation has become bad to worse in most of the cities in India. The time has come now to start a campaign for restoring the right to walk. Please support the cause for better future.”
Delivering his vote of thanks, Mr Karunakar Jha said, “In the race of development we have forgotten the basic right of citizens and ‘Right to Walk’ is a step towards protecting this basic right. Walking is the most basic freedom people require and we must fight and ensure it is provided.”
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