The walk between his perfume shop, Surrati, on Mohammed Ali Road to his mosque located just five minutes away is possibly the most annoying part of 68-year-old Kamruddin Kazi's day. On days he is in a hurry, Kazi is forced to walk on the road to avoid the crowd on the footpath, which crawls along because of the double parking of motorbikes. Passing two-wheelers have collided into him more times than he can remember.

Two-wheelers parked on the pavement opposite Bohra Masjid. Pic/Suresh Karkera