Horrendous...must be brought to the notice of the PM to meet them again. I am sure a letter could be snt to the PM's ofice rgarding this.
Shalini Khanna Hony. Director NAB, India -Centre for Blind Women L-25, Hauz Khas Enclave New Delhi Ph. no. 011- 41656266, 9811772499 --- On Wed, 4/21/10, Asudani, Rajesh <rajeshasud...@rbi.org.in> wrote: From: Asudani, Rajesh <rajeshasud...@rbi.org.in> Subject: [AI] Differently-abled miss appointment with Manmohan To: "accessindia@accessindia.org.in" <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 1:49 PM Differently-abled miss appointment with Manmohan Raktima Bose KOLKATA: More than 2,000 differently-abled persons travelling by a special train from Howrah to New Delhi to meet the Prime Minister on Tuesday missed the appointment after the train got delayed by more than 10 hours. They had planned to submit a 17-point charter of demands. The trip was organised by Paschim Banga Rajya Pratibandhi Sammilani and West Bengal's Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Kanti Ganguly, who is also the president of the organisation. The Minister was also travelling with the group. Speaking to The Hindu over phone from Delhi, Mr. Ganguly alleged that ten persons had fallen ill and had to hospitalised as there was no water or electricity in the coaches. "The train that left Howrah on Sunday night was scheduled to arrive in New Delhi at Monday midnight. Instead it got delayed for almost over 10 hours due to unknown reasons and reached the destination only on Tuesday afternoon. This resulted in missing the appointment fixed up with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh," he said. Mr. Ganguly alleged that repeated requests to railway officials for help at various stations en route fell on deaf ears. Calling it an "inhuman torture" on the differently-abled persons, he said he would write to the Prime Minister about the incident and also seek compensation from the Railways. Asked if he would seek Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee's intervention, Mr. Ganguly replied in the negative, saying she never gives importance to such issues. Meanwhile, the Eastern Railway authorities here said the train started journey with adequate water and there was no problem of electricity either though they did not deny that the train got delayed. Regards "Perhaps our role on this planet is not to worship God-- but to create Him." --Arthur C. Clarke (Rajesh Asudani) Assistant General Manager, Reserve Bank of India Nagpur 09420397185 O: 0712 2806676 Res: 0712 2591349 ________________________________ 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 Bank accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. 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 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
