Hi friends, Can someone send the postal addresses, fax numbers and e-mail IDs of ministry of railways and state ministers? I know Amar has sent some of them. But I missed that mail. If all the contact details are consolidated in one mail, it would be easier to take a note and do the needful.
Second, should we send it in all the forms, i.e., post, fax and e-mail? Or one of them would suffice? On 6/6/11, Pamnani <[email protected]> wrote: > Friends In continuation of my email last week, please find below a copy of > the letter sent by AICb. I am sure Mr. Kaul would not mind if you copy the > letter and sent it to the Ministry. We do thank the AICB for drafting the > letter. I am aware that XRCVC has sent a similar letter and a few other > organisations have or will be doing the same. > Please make the appropriate changes and send it on behalf of the various > organisations that you represent and also you can individually send it. > For those who send it- please let us know that you have done the needful. > I would recommend that you send it to the Chairman, the state ministers and > the former Minister of Railways. > Here are some of the details: > > > > Mr. Vivek Sahai > > Chairmen, Railway Board > > Ministry of Railways, > Railway board, > 234, Rail Bhavan, > New Delhi-110001 > > Tel : 011-23384010 > > Fax: 011-23381453 > > > > > > > > > > > > Ref: AICB/G-1/2011 Dated: > 04.06.2011 > > > > To > > The Chairman, > > Railway Board, > > Ministry of Railways, > > Government of India, > > Rail Bhawan, > > New Delhi--110001 > > > > Subject: Extension of Rail Concession For The Physically Handicapped > Including The Blind In Shatabdi and Rajdhani Trains. > > > > Sir, > > > > We write to invite your kind attention to your Ministry's Circular No. > > 19 of 2011 No. TCII/2196/11/Policy Dated 3.5.2011, from Financial > Commissioner, Railway Board. > > > > 2. The aforesaid Circular extends concession in Shatabdi and Rajdhani > trains to orthopaedically handicapped and paraplegic persons on the basis of > the announcement made by the then Minister of Railways in her Budget Speech > on 25th February, 2011. However, we submit that extending these concessions > to the above two categories of handicapped persons only, is contrary to > the spirit of the Hon’ble Minister's announcement, the widely accepted > principle of equality and justice for all as also the time-tested Railway > policy of allowing concessions to the handicapped including the blind. We > make this submission for the following reasons: > > > > 2.1. The relevant announcement made by the Hon'ble Minister in the said > Budget Speech, (Paragraph 86) reads as follows: > > > > “Concessions > > 86. At present physically handicapped persons are not entitled for > concessions on Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains. It is proposed to extend the > concession facility to them in these trains also.” > > > > > > 2.2. Handicapped persons, as you would be aware, are broadly placed into 2 > categories: the physically handicapped and the mentally retarded. > > > > 2.3. The physically handicapped cover a wide spectrum including the blind, > the deaf etc. and not just the orthopaedically handicapped. > > > > 2.4. It is in line with this well-accepted policy that Indian Railways have > been granting, beginning from the 50's, various rail concessions to the > blind. > > > > 2.5. There is, therefore, no reason why the blind are now sought to be > denied the facility of grant of concession in Shatabdi and Rajdhani trains, > while allowing the same to just two types of handicapped persons. > > > > 2.5. Surely, it cannot be the intention of the Ministry of Railways to > favour one type of the handicapped over the other, especially, since all > earlier rail concessions have been made applicable to the blind. > > > > 2.6. To us, it seems that the above Circular is just the result of some > oversight on the part of some processing official and not the outcome of any > careful or objective deliberation, since the blind too need as much help as > the two types under reference. > > > > 2.7. Moreover, the above Circular allows this concession up to the extent of > 25% only in just AC Three-Tier and Chair Car. That, too, is against the > present practice, wherein 75% concession is allowed in lower classes and > 50% in upper classes. > > > > In view of the foregoing, we write to request you to kindly review the > contents of the aforesaid Circular and extend concessions to the blind also > in Shatabdi and Rajdhani trains, keeping the quantum of concessions as 75% > and 50% in lower and upper classes respectively. > > > > May we mention here, for your ready reference, that our Confederation is a > premier national organization of blind persons with extensive nationwide and > international recognition with 22 branches across the country. We have the > good fortune of having being adjudged the best NGO in the country in the > disability sector in 2006 by the Government of India. We represent the > blind on different important Government Committees and Working Groups. > > > > Soliciting an early and favourable intervention in the matter and thanking > you in anticipation, > > > > Yours Truly, > > > > > > (J.L. Kaul) > > Secretary General > > > > > > > > Kanchan Pamnani > Advocate & Solicitor > 9, Suleman Chambers, > Battery Street, Colaba, > Mumbai - 400 039. > > > 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 > > -- G. 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