Hi Bhawani, Thank you for bringing this to the notice of the group — this is really important, and I’m glad you highlighted it. I do have one question on my mind: is Bharat Taxi actually going to be available and accessible across all states and regions of the country, including smaller towns and rural areas? I’m also curious about how their pricing model will work. Personally, I’ve always felt the need for an app that aggregates multiple taxi services and gives users the best fare for a ride — something like that would be incredibly useful and genuinely empowering. Regarding how we take this forward: should we consider filing a petition on Change.org to formally bring visibility to accessibility needs from Day 1? Or are there other stronger ways to make our voices heard? Since the Prime Minister is active on X, maybe tagging him or raising this publicly could help amplify the message. And as you mentioned, reaching out directly to the Ministry of Cooperation sounds like a practical and high‑impact step to ensure concerns of persons with disabilities — especially blind users — are included right at the foundational stage of Bharat Taxi. Would love to hear what others think so we can coordinate our next steps meaningfully. P.S. Namma Yatri in Bangalore developed in association with Enable India, is a highly priced ride hailing application and is going downhill in terms of accessibility. I stopped using them a long time back. Since I had a prince from Nigeria send me his fortune, I am now an Uber One user
S Hi Bhawani, Thank you for bringing this to the notice of the group — this is really important, and I’m glad you highlighted it. I do have one question on my mind: is Bharat Taxi actually going to be available and accessible across all states and regions of the country, including smaller towns and rural areas? I’m also curious about how their pricing model will work. Personally, I’ve always felt the need for an app that aggregates multiple taxi services and gives users the best fare for a ride — something like that would be incredibly useful and genuinely empowering. Regarding how we take this forward: should we consider filing a petition on Change.org to formally bring visibility to accessibility needs from Day 1? Or are there other stronger ways to make our voices heard? Since the Prime Minister is active on X, maybe tagging him or raising this publicly could help amplify the message. And as you mentioned, reaching out directly to the Ministry of Cooperation sounds like a practical and high‑impact step to ensure concerns of persons with disabilities — especially blind users — are included right at the foundational stage of Bharat Taxi. Would love to hear what others think so we can coordinate our next steps meaningfully. P.S. Namma Yatri in Bangalore developed in association with Enable India, is a highly priced ride hailing application and is going downhill in terms of accessibility. I stopped using them a long time back. Since I had a prince from Nigeria send me his fortune, I am now an Uber One user incerely, Mujtaba Merchant Bangalore | INDIA Sent from iPhone ® On 5 Feb 2026, at 8:19 AM, BHAWANI SHANKAR VERMA <[email protected]> wrote: Hello Accessindia! Today, the Prime Minister is launching Bharat Taxi, which is based on a cooperative model. It will function similarly to how we book rides on Ola, Uber, and other such services. I believe we should contact the Ministry of Cooperative afairs to bring the issues of persons with disabilities, especially the blind to the ministry's attention so that Bharat Taxi can address these concerns from the very beginning. Regards, Bhawani -- 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.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/a8bb032c-a98e-4913-8f27-bc8bb06b88d2%40gmail.com. -- 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.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/3E765939-A467-47FC-88CA-706DAD371700%40gmail.com.
