last year I also fell into an unmarked pit on the roadside which about six feet deep and I managed pick myself up. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dinesh Kaushal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 8:02 AM Subject: Re: [AI] towards 2020
>I never had such a situation, although I am a bit fast in walking, which > makes me prone to such a senario and by chance never faced this. Although > I > have bumped in to footpaths, but never in some hole and footpath bumping > was > also due to the fact that I did not use cane at that time i.e. just after > getting down from the bus (It is also a mistake to get down from bus > without > cane). > > so anyone who has faced it would you be able to explain why it would > happen > if you are using the white cane? My thinking is to use long white cane, > rather then small once. I have a cane which reaches my sholder when it is > straight, so it gives me long reach when I extend it for exploring. > > Regards > Dinesh > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Neeraj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Vedprakash Sharma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 5:20 AM > Subject: Re: [AI] towards 2020 > > >> its a really said news, >> once I had also got same experience, but by my little good luck somebody >> good god fellow, will see me, and he had save me, immediately. >> that is why I m here. >> other wise I also met with same. >> please tell us what is the solution for these types of accidents? >> >> >> With Regards >> Neeraj Manglik >> Mobile number: 9312902018 >> Yahoo id: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> msn id: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> skype id: >> neerajmanglik >> Put those things you truly care about into action. And your actions will >> surely bring magnificent results. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Vedprakash Sharma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 5:12 PM >> Subject: Re: [AI] towards 2020 >> >> >>> we should bring this fact to the notice of the concerned and to the >>> state >> as >>> well as central government too. public awareness through intense media >>> coverage is also helpful. such accidents are common in India. children >>> happen to fall in deep borewells, but the media coverage given to other >> such >>> accidents is very much more compared to the accident referred to herein. >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "rajesh asudani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "accessindia" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 12:26 AM >>> Subject: [AI] towards 2020 >>> >>> >>> > Opinion: Surely, India will be a developed nation by 2020! >>> > >>> > >>> > News: >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > Man dies after falling into pit >>> > >>> > Staff Reporter >>> > >>> > HYDERABAD: A visually-challenged man, Durga Naidu, 25, died on >>> > Thursday >>> > morning after slipping into a pit that was dug for constructing the >>> > elevated expressway >>> > at Mehdipatnam. He was walking to the local bus stop when the accident >>> > occurred. >>> > >>> > The pits were not completely fenced preventing access to passers-by. >>> > >>> > "Only some iron barricades with huge gaps in between were kept around >> the >>> > pits," a local said. Naidu walked through the gap between the >>> > barricades >> >>> > and fell >>> > into the pit and died on the spot, the Humayunnagar police said. >>> > Hailing >>> > from Visakhapatnam, Naidu used to live in the Government Hostel for >>> > the >>> > Visually >>> > Challenged at Nanalnagar. >>> > >>> > >>> > Comments: >>> > >>> > What do you think is the remedy?A PIL? Ensuring strict adherence to >> norms >>> > by monetary/other penalty? Psychological change in the prevailing >> mindset? >>> > or any other? and whatever it be, who will bell the cat?!!!!! >>> > >>> > >>> > Rajesh >>> > To unsubscribe send a message to >>> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> > with the subject unsubscribe. >>> > >>> > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >>> > please visit the list home page at >>> > >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> with the subject unsubscribe. >>> >>> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please visit the list home page at >>> >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >>> >> >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> with the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please visit the list home page at >> >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >> > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
