Dear members of accessindia,
I personally feel these experiences we should send to mrs. Mamata Banerjee
perhaps we can get some results.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Srinivasu" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 9:04 AM
Subject: Re: [AI] My Experience in the Handicapped Coach but SL Coach
asperRailway.
Hi,
I guess this fashion is mostly happening for the trains that start from
Mumbai only. I have never seen such scenario else where but did experience
the same in Mumbai. Moreover, I have seen the case where people with
disabilities did not allow to get into the coach by police out there. I
think, Railways should make their mind clear whether they would want to
run
a coach for PWD or not. It's nonsense that while they display "Physically
Handicapped" on the coach and issue reservation to others in the same
coach.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Parthiban
Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 12:21 AM
To: Access India
Subject: [AI] My Experience in the Handicapped Coach but SL Coach as
perRailway.
Dear Friends,
In continuation to our discussion about the handicapped coach, we had one
or
two months back, I would like to share my horrible experience which I had
on
9th July while I was returning from Mumbai to Chennai in the train No.2163
which runs from Dhadhar (Mumbai) to Egmore (Chennai).
While I was trying to locate my Berth, I could find it in the So-called SL
Coach by Railway, but in fact it was designed for handicapped and it is
still running as handicapped coaches in many trains even now. Initially,
I
sought the help of the Policeman who was on the duty there who showed the
so-called SL coach in which many people were already sitting two of them
were lying on the upper berths. I and my friend showed the ticket, but
the
passengers refused to vacate the seats and pleaded that the coach is meant
for handicapped and there can be no meaning of reservation. In
consequence,
again we sought the assistance of the Policeman, he came and showed the
chart displayed to the passengers and asked them to sit on the floor of
the
coach so that the seats can be occupied by the 4 reserved candidates. I
mean to say that he clarified as per his law that the seats are for
reserved
candidates and the handicapped and old people without reservation can
travel
by sitting on the floor. Now, it is neither reserved coach nor
handicapped
coach strictly speaking.
As my humanism didn't allow to travel individually in the seat, I had to
adjust two of the orthopedic candidates with me in the seat for the whole
night. Up to Gulbarga, (Karnataka) the coach was full and after that
step-by-step, the coach was emptied. But to our surprise, in very many
stations, The Railway Police argued that the compartment should be opened
to
the handicapped persons but in the chart it was mentioned that only 4
persons are permitted. It was a real mockery on that day.
Friends, in the four seats, two were reserved in handicapped quota and the
other two were reserved on the medical quota. Now, my doubt is whether
the
handicapped coach is available in the long distance trains or not or the
Railway wants to run as handicapped compartment in the short distance
trains
and in the long distance trains as reserved coach in handicapped quota.
Please express your opinion in this regard and be careful in future if
your
ticket is reserved in handicapped quota and is allotted in SL coach.
With regards.
Parthiban M.
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