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important to focus on ecology service lanes in the grid other essentials, collecting
centric solutions other than layout of certain areas which garbage, etc. These also acted
anthropocentric ones. The are contiguous corridors as thoroughfares. But with
revitalization of natural of 6m width running development and increased
systems should be the focus along the backyards of the use of motorable roads which
and as the by-products of it, residential plots. In the area had access from the frontage
human needs shall be met. of Tilakwadi in Belgaum of the plots, these lanes merely
city (Figure 4), the service degraded down to being
The forgotten underlying lanes are existing along with garbage dump lanes and called
infrastructural corridor the main roads throughout ‘bhangibols’ (bhangi – a local
The other underlying the neighbourhood. In the name for garbage collectors)
infrastructural system that olden days, these were, over the years and are now
exists and is in degraded used for services like cleaned up in parts and used
and un-used state, is the distributing newspapers and for parking (Figure 5).
Figure 4: Google earth image showing Tilakwadi neighbourhood within Belgaum city, which
has a continuous network of service corridors (in YELLOW) alternating with main roads (in
RED), currently defunct.
(Source: Author)
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