On 1/6/12, George Abraham <[email protected]> wrote: > Friends, > > The day before yesterday, a colleague of ours along with his wife had gone > to a market near their house in North Delhi. Both are visually impaired and > the lighting on the road was poor and the wife slipped and fell into a pit > on the way and was badly hurt. > > Now pits, open man holes and all kinds of such obstacles are not very > uncommon in a country like ours where the civic administration is totally > inefficient, corrupt and insensitive. All of us who are visually impaired > in this country have to thank God that we have not fallen into any of these > traps as yet that are waiting for us in our cities while going about our > daily lives. > > We are called upon to be independent and mobile. I wonder how this is > possible when the environment around us is unsafe and inaccessible. > > This apart, a few years ago I was visiting an old building in Central Delhi > and while climbing the stairs, I found uncovered electric wires hanging > loosely on the sides of the staircase. A blind person could easily touched > these wires. Wonder what the city authorities would have said then. I have > encountered such staircases in Mumbai too. > > Another safety hazard for us blind people are the stray dogs and monkeys > that boldly roam the streets these days. Shouldn't we do something about > this? > > I think it is time we raised our voices against this. People have to realise > that open man holes uncovered pits, untidy footpaths, uncovered electric > wires, stray animals and the like are unsafe for all concerned. We should > not be waiting for an accident to take place before taking any action. > > People interested in joining us in filing a PIL in this regard, please write > to us privately at > > [email protected] > > We have to make our cities safer for each of us. > > Look forward to hearing from you! > > George > George Abraham > CEO > Score Foundation > 17/107, LGF > Vikram Vihar, Lajpatnagar 4 > New Delhi 110024 > > PH:91 11 26472581, 91 11 46070396 > Mob: 91 9810934040, 91 9810001181 > Email: [email protected] > Skype: georgeabraham13 > > > > 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 > > Sir, you have raised an important matter, this was very common during Common Wealth Games work was going on during that time I had written in this list about the open pits in Delhi University area and Maal Road area where many Visually Impaired persons live and I had even complained about this to MCD Office of Timarpur area in North Delhi but no initiative was taken but your organisation can do more in this matter. Regards Vivek.
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