yes you are right sir . On 6/1/11, BHAWANI SHANKAR VERMA <[email protected]> wrote: > madam, please send a draft letter to the group. so, we can easily copy-paste > your draft and mail or send hard copy to the appropriate authotities. > thanks, > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kanchan Pamnani" <[email protected]> > To: "Access India" <[email protected]>; "Voice Vision. " > <[email protected]> > Cc: "Secretariat" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: 01 June, 2011 9:09 AM > Subject: [AI] Railways concession > > >> >> This is with reference to the discussion last week. OK folks, We have to >> start one more fight. >> Yes there is no concession for the visually challenged on Shatabdi and >> Rajdani at present. Tried reaching the top and got a negative response. >> Was told to ask organisations to write demanding the concession. They >> will look at it if there is some requests. >> This denial of concession is because >> the wrong term "physically disabled" was used in the budget speech by the >> >> Minister >> a. This may have been done intentionally so as to restrict the concessions >> >> to the orthopedically challenged or >> b. Inadvertently using "physically" to cover all the disabilities which >> do not include the mentally challenged. This is done very often . >> Whatever the reason, we have a problem. >> 1. Please someone copy the exact paragraph from the railway budget and >> post it here on both the lists. >> 2. Please post the snail mail and email addresses of >> a. Mamta banerjee >> b. Vivek Sahay the Railway Board Chairman >> c. The 3 ministers of State for Railways >> d. The Pm since he is directly looking after railways until a cabinet >> minister is appointed. >> >> 3. Whatever line you want to take, either telling them that there has been >> >> a mistake in use of the wrong word or the interpretation of the word, the >> visually challenged cannot be left out. >> >> 4. Many of the organisations who have representatives on these list can >> check the past corespondence as I know many of them have been making these >> >> demands for years. >> 5. Now of course it is up to each one of us to do our bit and send the >> letters/emails in our personal capacities not depending only on the >> organisations. Though I request all organisations to take this up >> urgently. >> >> 6. For the first time I am going to request each of you who does really >> write, to please copy the mail to access India. I know that this will >> increase the traffic on the list and the moderator will send me a stinker >> but there are 3 particular reasons- >> a. Accessindia mails get prominently reflected on google search. I have no >> >> technical idea as to why this happens but it does. The more noise we make >> >> the more publicity we get and the more influence we have. >> b. Let us really see who is writing and doing their bit and lets see who >> is just making noise on the group and faltering when it comes to actual >> work. >> c. This will inspire others to write and will also help others to copy >> words in case we are stuck for words. >> >> We need to take care of this problem urgently and have the Railway >> Ministry issue a clarification otherwise we will have to wait for the next >> >> Budget. >> >> Kanchan >> Search for old postings at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to >> [email protected] >> 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 >> > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > 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 > >
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