T. R. Shankar Raman@carlmalamud At least one high court case has said that citizens should be able to raise complaints when #IndianRoadsCongress guidelines are violated. How are citizens supposed to access these publications if they're all copyrighted, paywalled, and inaccessible? #openaccess #roads #citizenpower
Publicize App Feature On Citizens' Complaints Against Non-Compliance Of Road Standards On Pedestrian...
The Kerala High Court recently directed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to give publicity to the newly introduced feature in its mobile application 'Rajmargyatra' that permits citizens...
@carlmalamud Oh, this is so sad. When trying to research road safety and develop linear infrastructure guidelines for roads through natural ecosystems I struggled to get access to IRC publications. There are too many to buy and in case these standards and norms they apply have direct implications on public and #wildlife safety. It is absolutely necessary that they are mandated to be published #openaccess as a public good. It's IRC's basic responsibility. #IndianRoadsCongress #Roads #India