Friend, where will this coach be attached I mean in between train or as now it is at the end of train where disabled persons will find to get any eatables on stations.
On 1/14/16, Nilesh Bendre <[email protected]> wrote: > Why so much of negligence? > > > > Railways' showcase coach a hurdle for disabled > > > > | TNN | Jan 14, 2016, 04.34 AM IST > > NEW DELHI: The railways has put on display a "model disabled-friendly" > coach > on which no mobility-impaired person can get into without help. The coach > has no ramp or hydraulic lift to facilitate boarding and alighting. > > The reason given for the omission is even more shocking, according to > activists who visited the Safdarjung station where the coach is being > displayed. A railway official apparently told them no such facility was > being provided because, on one occasion, the train had left without the > ramps being removed. > > The activists, from the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for > Disabled People in India, described the coach as an example of "further > discrimination" against the disabled. The model rake was inspected by > railway minister Suresh Prabhu on Monday. > > The much publicized coaches have also been criticised for not having > braille and other signages for visually and hearing impaired travellers. > > Terming the changes introduced in the coach as superficial, disabled > rights' groups said that introduction of a single such coach in a train > further discriminated against persons with disalibilities by excluding them > from other passegners. > > In their report, the activists who visited the model coach on Tuesday said > they were told that "only refurbishing of interiors" had been done on the > bogie. Hence measurement wise it was the same as other coaches. > > According to Javed Abidi, convener, Disabled Right's Group, the decade-old > problem of getting inside the train on wheelchairs remained unaddressed. > "About 95% of railway coaches are of a particular design and their doors > are > not wide enough for wheelchair access," he said. > > "The primary issue is getting on to the coach from the platform. I have > travelled in America, Europe, Malayasia and South Africa. They have > portable > hydraulic lifts, which are just platforms that can be raised to the level > of > the train's floor. It is a very dignified and safe way for a person with > disabilities to board and alight from the train. Why we are not able to do > that in India?" asked Abidi. > > > > Activists such as Abidi, paralympic athelete Pradeep Raj and Dr Satendra > Singh, coordinator, enabling unit, University College of Medical Sciences, > also questioned the idea of have one or two exclusive coaches for the > disabled in a train, terming this as "apartheid" against the disabled. > > The Prime Minister in Mann Ki Baat had categorically called for better > access for the disabled. Even railway minister Suresh Prabhu had asked > officials to look into the proposals made by NCPEDP after his meeting with > activists on September 1, 2015. > > > > "The officials are dragging their feet," said Abidi. "This is no longer be > acceptable to us. Why not make all coaches accessible and give the disabled > the option travelling in various classes such as sleeper, three-tier AC, > two-tier etc? We know all coaches cannot be made accessible overnight, but > it can be done in a staggered manner." > > > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Railways-showcase-coach-a-hurdle-fo > r-disabled/articleshow/50570167.cms > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > > 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. 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