http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/ludhiana/community/many-stumbling-blocks-in-way-of-disability-certificates/183294.html Manav Mander
Tribune News Service Ludhiana, January 13 Those who want to make their disability certificates from the civil surgeon’s office have to pass through various hurdles and have sought to get their certificates made from home as voter cards. Forms accepted only on Thursdays Arvinder Kaur, a resident from Shimlapuri who went to the civil surgeon’s office to make her disability certificate, had to return empty-handed and was unable to even submit her form as the forms of the handicaps are accepted only on Thursdays. “Despite being handicapped, I had to go all the way to the civil surgeon’s office to submit my form. After I reached, I came to know that I had to come again on Thursday as the forms are accepted only on Thursdays. This is not fair, as the handicaps are already dependent on someone. Even then the authorities want them to make the rounds of the department,” Arvinder said. Dependence on relatives Arvinder’s relative Navreet Singh said the department should start making certificates of the disabled by visiting their homes. “The disabled should be registered the same way as voter cards are made so that they could get their certificates in a similar fashion,” he said. Using internet not everyone’s cup of tea Harvinder Singh, another visitor at the civil surgeon’s office who had come to make his disability certificate, said: “At first I didn’t had access to the internet and could not download the form. I then bought it from outside the civil surgeon’s office for Rs 20 and since it was in English, I had to get it filled from someone by paying Rs 60. Forms should be available at the counters as everybody is not well-versed with the internet and applications should be accepted on all days of the week rather than only once a week as it become very difficult to visit again,” he said. Other formalities Harmeet Kaur is happy that she got her disabled certificate made but her woes did not end here as she had to open a bank account to get pension as well. “I was happy that I had made my disabled certificate, but now the department says that I will have to open a bank account also to get pension as the money will be directly deposited in it. I have never done such bank jobs and both my sons are working out of station and come home on weekends when the bank is closed. I will hav -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ 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 Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
