Dear Members,
They do provide concession in two tire ac that is fifty persent.
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From: "Srikanth Bolla" <presidentsrika...@gmail.com>
To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in>
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 11:00 PM
Subject: Re: [AI] Draft petition to the railway Minister
Hi every one! This is Srikanth. They are providing concession till three
tire A C. if possible, can we request them to provide concession for A C
two tire also? Regards,
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[mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Suman Kumar
Bhokray
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 11:11 AM
To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Subject: Re: [AI] Draft petition to the railwayMinister
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From: "srikanth kanuri" <skp...@gmail.com>
To: "Vetrivel Adhimoolam" <vadhimoo...@gmail.com>;
<accessindia@accessindia.org.in>
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 4:35 PM
Subject: Re: [AI] Draft petition to the railwayMinister
Harish, it is a well drafted letter a small suggestion
Once i have carried a
printed reservation form to the Counter which is available from their
websight only. the counter rejected on the reason that it had to be a
written one. how strange it was but he asks me to write the form there
although it is in full printed shape. a request shall be made that
they have to accept the printed forms in the reservation counters as
we could not write the prescribed form that will bee given there.
If possible all the platforms and coaches shall be braille labeled.
The chart on the handicapped coach shall also be braille labeled so
that we can identify our names presented there.
and finally i thank everyone for this initiative which will benefit all.
On 2/10/10, Vetrivel Adhimoolam <vadhimoo...@gmail.com> wrote:
It is a well drafted letter, but I would like a couple of things to be
included:
1. Railway platform numbers should be marked with braile. Same thing
applies
to the disabled coatches.
2. Because visually impaired persons mostly come from families that are
mostly uneducated, many of them face hardship in filling out reservation
forms and thus they are largely forced to seek stranger's assistance.
Given
that it is important that railway authorities consider this as the
accessibility issue and take appropriate steps to address this issue.
Regards,
Vetri.
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Subject: [AI] Draft petition to the railwayMinister
From: "Kotian, H P" <hpkot...@rbi.org.in>
Date: 02/10/2010 2:42 AM
Hello All
Placed below is the draft petition which we shall be sending to the
railway
minister. If there is any omission pl let us know by feb 11.
Let me clarify, we have only mentioned visually disabled as we believe
we
should speak for that sectorfor which we are qualified to do so.
Otherwise
it would be speaking "for" them and we would be committing the same
error
for which we find uncomfortable when others tend to do for us the blind.
We shall fully support the endeavor from the other segment of the
disabled.
We shall also include in this petition if it comes from those persons or
representative organizations.
Pl read on
Warmly
Harish Kotian
Honorable Minister for Railways
Respected Madam
Accessibility policy in the railway budget
On behalf of the blind community and disability community at large, we
request you to include an accessibility policy while presenting the
forthcoming railway budget.
Justification: A large number of disabled passengers avail the services
of
the railways and find the services to be unfriendly and not meeting the
minimum accessibility requirements under the law. This has resulted in
needless hardship and accidents which could have been easily avoided.
This
Grimm outlook however, can be reversed with an effective, comprehensive
accessibility policy.
Scope: It should touch all services rendered by the railways and should
not
only cover the passengers but should also extend to all disabled
employees.
We would like the railways to also be the largest equal opportunity
employer.
Problems faced by blind passengers and solutions:
Problem: The ticket clerks often are unwilling to issue concessional
tickets
despite possessing valid concession certificates.
Solution: proper awareness training be imparted and the practice of
deducting the differential amount in case of erroneous concession ticket
from the salary of the concerned clerk be done away with. Only a penalty
be
imposed.
Problem: Concessional tickets cannot be booked on the online portal.
Solution: e booking of concession tickets be introduced either by
creating
facilities for uploading scanned copy of disability certificate and
verifying it during journey, or by requiring one-time registration of
all
disability certificates in a centralized database at
the time of booking first e ticket by a disabled passenger.
Problem: Many accidents are caused by blind persons falling to the
tracks
from the platform.
Solution: This can be avoided if tactile markings are made on the edges
of
the platforms. Similar tactile marking should be made on the platform to
guide blind persons to lead to the exit, bridges, ticketing counters,
coach
for the disabled etc. The tactile markings should also be painted with
high
contrast color for low vision persons.
Problem: Accidents are also caused by blind persons slipping into the
space
between compartments.
Solution: This gap should be filled up appropriately.
Problem: There is general lack of information, not only to disabled
passengers but also to all passengers about approaching station, time of
arrival there etc.
Solution: There should be internal announcement announcing the direction
and
the name of the approaching station.
Problem: The status of disabled or handicapped coach is far from clear.
On
one hand, it is meant for disabled travelers with general tickets and on
the
other hand, nowadays, reservations in Handicapped quota are being
allotted
in handicapped coach. Further, there is always confusion regarding
whether a
particular train does have handicapped coach and if yes, where it is
exactly
located, whether in the front or at back. This requires disabled
passengers
to run helter-skelter for locating it, defeating the very purpose of
such
a
coach. Further, more often than not, it is occupied by able bodied
unauthorized passengers and is not vestibuled rendering seeking any
assistance by disabled passengers from RPF or ticket checking staff
extremely difficult.
Solution: Handicapped coach be clearly designated for travelers with
disabilities and their escorts with general ordinary tickets and
reservations in handicapped quota berths be given in the sleeper coach
as
was being done earlier. This would fulfill the purpose of the
handicapped
coach in the true sense of the term. All the coaches in the train and
toilets in them be made disabled friendly.
The handicapped coach be vestibuled and placed approximately in the
middle
of the train, to avoid difficulties in locating it and also from safety
point of view, as assistance can be readily sought by disabled
passengers
in
case of unauthorized occupancy and such passengers shifted to adjacent
coaches, or in case of any emergency.
There should be a facilitation counter to help senior citizens, patients
and
disabled passengers
Such an accessibility policy should invariably have definite funds
allocated
to it and must have specified targets to be achieved in the year.
There should be a theme based annual accessibility audit. Its findings
should be posted at the railway's portal.
There should be a statement on accessibility in every railway budget.
Benefit: It would not only help the disabled, but would be generally
useful
to all passengers. It would also be conforming to international treaties
and
best practices.
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