Accessibility of the ATM's is still a dream. Talking ATM machines when will they come and how many? I have hired a person to withdraw cash for me now, his price is 10 bucks per transaction - HAHAHA
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of avinash shahi Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 12:53 PM To: accessindia Subject: [AI] Visually-challenged demand ATM cards in Odisha I hope These fellow friends get ATM card soon. If any of the member here, who was there in the protest, and doesn't have RBI guidelines, can contect me. And circulate it like tweets. All Blind should have accounts, ATM and so on. All the best. http://ibnlive.in.com/news/visuallychallenged-demand-atm-cards/253805-60-117.html BHUBANESWAR: The trend of plastic money has caught on with the visually-challenged youths of the City. They staged a demonstration here on Monday against non-issuance of Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards to them by commercial banks. They protested policies of commercial banks that deprive them of their basic banking rights. Banks across the country not only issue ATM cards but also make the machines accessible, enabling the visually-challenged customers to operate them independently, they argued. Lekharam Bhoi, secretary of the All Odisha Students’ Union of the Visually Impaired, said the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights (UNDHR), the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNRPWD), calls for protecting the inherent dignity of the disabled. He said denying youths the right to have an ATM card on basis of their impairment is sheer discrimination. “As per the Reserve Bank of India’s directive, all commercial banks should provide talking-facility with� Braille keypads at one-third of the newly installed ATMs and place them strategically in consultation with other banks,” he said, adding that not many banks follow this directive. Referring to Talking ATM machines installed in various other cities, the protestors said a disabled person plugs in a headphone and starts receiving instructions regarding the use of ATM. Rejecting the viewpoint of the bank officials that the visually-challenged cannot protect ATM cards due to their disability, they said many normal ATM cardholders damage and lose their cards in broad daylight. Later in the day, they met the State Bank of India officials over the issue. -- "The best things and most beautiful things in the world Cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart." — Helen Keller Avinash Shahi M.A. Political Science CPS JNU New Delhi India 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
