hai all, yes! it is a common problem being faced in all the metro citiesof the country.even in bangalore the capital of karnataka similar problem exists. though there has been some devises for announcement of route nos and stops,it is kept inactive by the transport crew.rather it should be mandatory to use such announcement device in the transport system both inside and outside the buses and also metro trains if possible.so such implimentations of adaptive technologies will help the visually impaired for accessibility to the transport system and also reduces dependency on others. On 7/27/11, Satguru <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > Sorry for this lengthy mail but I'd try to make as short as I can. > I would like to draw your attention towards a very important issue. Friends > specially from Delhi may please pitch in and give their inputs. > > I think, everyone must have noticed that In Delhi, the private buses, or > what we used to call them "Blue line busses" are no more on the roads except > few roots in Delhi. > Whatever reason may be to get them off the road, I personally think, those > were quite accessible to us as the conductor used to call the names of the > stops that the bus is going to cover and a visually impaired person standing > on the bus stop could easily find the right bus even without any sighted > assistance. Now, in these low floor busses, be it Green busses, Redline, > Orange busses, AC/nonAC, it is almost impossible for a VI to get the right > bus without asking someone standing next to him as the DTC conductors don't > call the names of the stops. I had once got to know that there is clearly > written on every bus stop that conductor will have to call the stops names > for persons with vision problem but noone cares about that. To cut the story > short, there is no way out by which a visually impaired person can know the > number of the bus or the root of that bus. > > I had once seen some device being developed at IIT Delhi but don't know much > about its current status. > > It was said and written in 1995 that the government shall frame schemes and > allocate funds to make the transport accessible to visually impaired and in > 2010, the government made sure here in Delhi at least that whatever > accessibility is left, just take it away! > > I appeal to one and all to come up with the ideas which could insure that > the transport which is the one of the most important part of our day to day > life becomes accessible to us and necessity of taking help from others is > reduced to minimum. > > Hoping for a healthy discussion on this. > > Satguru > ___,__.___ > "Life's battle do not always go, to the stronger or faster man. But sooner > or later the one who wins, is the one who thinks he can." > > Satguru Rathi. > Mobile: +91-9971231627 > Email: [email protected] > [email protected] > Skype: satgururathi > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002489756116 > 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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