Rlys: Disabled can now travel alone on concessional ticket TNN | Jun 10, 2016, 08.01 AM IST BHOPAL: Now orthopaedically handicapped, paraplegic and specially abled passengers will be able to go for rail travel alone, without an attendant.
They will also be given tickets on concessional rates which are currently provided only when they have an attendant with them. A notification was issued in this regard by the railway board on Wednesday following an order of the high court of Madras. list of 2 items Martino: Messi able to play in four daysGOAL Rooney: I will never play for another Premier League clubGOAL list end Recommended By Colombia In one of its orders, the court said, "The disabled persons who are not accompanied by any attendant should not be denied concession." The orders will be implemented from June 15 throughout the country, said a senior official from Bhopal division. Currently, as per IRCA coaching tariff No. 26 part I (Volume II) 25 and 29, concession in passenger fare is permissible for orthopaedically handicapped, paraplegic and specially abled who cannot travel without an attendant. They are given 75 per cent concession in tickets for second class, sleeper, first class, AC and chair car, while the concession is 50 per cent in AC 2 tier and AC first class on producing adequate certificates. 50 per cent concession is inj the form of seasonal discount on ticket for them. Adding to the facilities in railways for disabled passengers, tickets issued through computerised passenger reservation system, one lower berth should be allotted to the handicapped person and the person accompanying him/her person should be allotted middle or upper berths, nearby, as available. After departure of the train, if there are vacant lower berths available in the train, and if any physically handicapped person has booked ticket under handicapped concessional ticket system, he/she should be allotted the lower birth as per the requirement. सादर / With thanks & Regards राजेश आसुदानी Rajesh Asudani सहायक महाप्रबन्धक AGM बाजार आसूचना ईकाई MIU भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक Reserve Bank of India नागपुर Nagpur 0712 2806846 President VIBEWA Co-Moderator VIB-India A-pilll = Action coupled with Positivity, Interest, Love, Logic and laughter. ________________________________ Caution: The Reserve Bank of India never sends mails, SMSs or makes calls asking for personal information such as your bank account details, passwords, etc. It never keeps or offers funds to anyone. Please do not respond in any manner to such offers, however official or attractive they may look. Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this email by error, please notify us by return e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The Reserve Bank of India accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. 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/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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..
