Why Gangtok is India’s most walkable city
The author reflects on the evolution of Gangtok as a pedestrian-friendly city, highlighting the success of the vehicle-free MG Marg. The transformation has improved the city's livability and become a model for other hill stations.
Gangtok, my hometown in the Himalayan foothills, was a walker’s city when we were growing up. We went everywhere on foot. Uphill from home to school. Downhill from school to home. Downhill from home to Paljor Stadium. Knee-obliterating uphill from Paljor Stadium to town. Uphill for Mr CSP Singh’s Physics tuition classes at the crack of dawn. Up-down, up-down. Covering four to five kilometers a day on foot was normal. That was life in a tiny town perched on a hilltop.
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