Bengaluru Development Minister Krishna Byre Gowda announced that the city successfully recovered 750 km of encroached footpaths as part of the 'Safe Footpath' initiative, which ran from July 1 to July 31. The updated progress report shows that the Bengaluru Central Corporation cleared the most space at 185 km. This was followed by the North zone with 174 km, the West zone with 168 km, the East zone with 116 km, and the South zone with 113 km.