why the original message has not reached in my inbox? Renuka. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Devnandan Kumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Blindinfo.org" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 4:42 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Access denied, for disabled in the city
>i have the same as you desire, i will send you tha same. > > dev kumar > > > On 10/20/07, Blindinfo.org <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Dear List Members >> >> With regards to the below mail, do anyone have the LAW Judgment or some >> legal document, which forces the builders or architects to make >> accessible >> infra structure. >> >> If yes than do pass the same to my personal id, mentioned below. >> >> As I need to produce the same to one of the known builders. >> >> Look forward for your early reply. >> >> Regards >> Sushmeetha >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "vishnu ramchandani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 2:18 PM >> Subject: [AI] Access denied, for disabled in the city >> >> >> Access denied, for disabled in the city >> >> Riddhi Shah and Jaya Shroff >> , Hindustan Times >> >> Mumbai/New Delhi, October 19, 2007 >> >> First Published: 03:11 IST(19/10/2007) >> >> Last Updated: 03:18 IST(19/10/2007) >> >> Our politicians say Mumbai will be the new Shanghai >> when comparisons between the city and New York keep >> cropping up. But Mumbai's dream of becoming a global >> megapolis is distant and far-fetched. Why? Just ask >> yourself these questions: when was the last time you >> saw a disabled person use public transport without >> help? Can a disabled person use the footpaths in the >> city? Would he or she be able to go to a public toilet >> in the city's restaurants, malls or buildings? >> >> "There is little awareness. No one realises that we >> should be allowed to live life independently," says >> Sunita Sancheti, access head of ADAPT (Able Disabled >> All People Together), an NGO working towards making >> the city more disabled-friendly. >> >> Everything, from banks to hospitals, transport >> services to hotels, is built with scant regard to the >> disabled. "The trains have a very small compartment >> for the disabled but it is routinely used as a toilet >> by miscreants. When we complain to the authorities, >> they tell us we are responsible for it. There >> is also a big gap between the platform and the >> carriage, and the stations are completely inaccessible >> with no ramps and no signs," says Nilesh Singit, >> a disability rights activist. >> >> The hospitality industry is no better. "The Oberoi has >> an accessible toilet but inside one of its rooms. The >> Taj got one only after ADAPT held a conference >> there," says Sancheti. >> >> Hospitals, one would think, would be better equipped. >> But that's not the case. "There are no accessible >> toilets and many sections don't have ramps," says >> Sancheti, adding: "This is harming India economically >> too. With the medical tourism boom, more disabled >> people are coming to the city. We must serve their >> needs better if we want to encourage them to come >> here." >> >> Delhi, it seems, is no better. Despite attempts by >> NGOs, social activists and the media, the picture is >> discouraging. The city is getting a major face-lift >> for the Commonwealth Games in 2010 but once again, >> builders are paying scant attention to the needs of >> the physically challenged. >> >> The Delhi Transport Corporation buses look plush and >> modern but fall short when it comes to accessibility >> to the disabled. "The absence of curbed ramps >> makes it impossible for the wheelchair-bound to get on >> board," says Javed Abidi, an activist. >> >> The railway stations, forget accessible, are downright >> hazardous. Lack of warning signs, tactile blocks and >> little security makes travelling a dangerous >> prospect for the blind. >> >> Most government buildings are not disabled-friendly. >> And while modern banking and retailing may have >> brought about a consumer revolution, there is no way >> wheelchair users can use ATM machines and trolleys at >> retail stores. >> >> But it's not all bleak. In Mumbai, the K Raheja Corp >> is ensuring all its constructions are >> disabled-friendly. Both the InOrbit mall and Shoppers' >> Stop >> have wheelchair-accessible toilets on every floor and >> ramps built to international specifications. "The cost >> of making these changes is minimal. And we >> get more business due to them," says the group's >> senior architect Madhuri Khandekar. >> >> At the state level too, several positive steps have >> been taken. The high court had ordered all government >> buildings to get disabled-friendly by 2005; the >> Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority has >> made it mandatory for all new buildings within its >> jurisdiction to do the same. "The last three years >> have seen some changes," says Sancheti. "It's not that >> people don't care, they just don't think." >> >> In Delhi, the DTC recently reconstructed its bus bays >> to make it accessible to the physically challenged. >> And the Delhi Metro is already disabled-friendly. >> >> >> Get the freedom to save as many mails as you wish. 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