I agree Akhilesh. Although the announcements made in the budget may be useful, however, things like conssessional eticketing facility may have been apealing and more easyly implimentable without much cost of implimentation as compare to the sticking braille stickers in the trains and that too only God knows when that will be implimented if at all it will be implimented. and how about intigrating the same in the design of the koaches in future?
I still maintain that, the extention of conssessional eticketing facility is just a matter of decission on the bureaucratic level and easyly doable. If someone may help me get the copy of the highcourt order, I may try to talk to some of my contacts and see if something can be done, as I too want the same to be introduced at the earliest. Thanks and warm regards, Rahul On 2/27/13, akhilesh <[email protected]> wrote: > in spite of securing a good order from Delhi High court with regard > to Consessional E-tickiting for persons with disabilities, The Budget > is silent on the issue. > We don't get what we want. But we are forced to take what they want to give > us. > > > > > On 2/26/13, Kanchan Pamnani <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Meenakshi Balasubramaniam >> To: Dlu South ; VIDYA SAGAR ; DRA Tamil Nadu ; sudha ; sudha ramamoorthy >> ; >> shivani gupta ; Shivani Gupta ; srinu vasulu ; Sruti Mohapatra ; Paul >> Ramanathan ; Bhargavi Davar ; Val Resh ; Kanchan Pamnani ; Pooja Parvati >> ; >> Syamala G ; shanti auluck ; Aarth Astha ; Poonam Natarajan ; Murali >> Padmanabhan ; AS NARAYANAN ; Zorin Singha ; Deaf Enabled ; Rajiv Rajan ; >> Amba Salelkar >> Cc: Javed Abidi ; Dorodi Sharma >> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 4:25 PM >> Subject: Commitment to the disability sector in the railway budget >> >> >> Dear All, >> >> >> Greetings! >> >> >> Promises made to the sector in the Railway Budget: >> >> >> "Madam Speaker, India is a signatory to the UN Convention on the rights >> of >> the disabled. We are conscious of our responsibility under the Millennium >> Development Goals (MDGs). To facilitate the boarding of trains and exit >> from >> the stations for the differently-abled and the elderly, the steps >> proposed >> include provision of 179 escalators and 400 lifts at A-1 and other major >> stations, affixing Braille stickers indicating the layout of coaches >> including toilets, provision of wheel chairs and battery operated >> vehicles >> at more stations and making coaches wheel-chair friendly. >> >> >> In order to provide an employment avenue to the disabled people, I >> propose >> to reserve a specified number of JTBS for them, keeping in view the fact >> that the PCOs at stations have become largely redundant after the mobile >> revolution in India". >> >> >> >> >> "concerted efforts to fill up approximately 1.52 lakh vacancies this >> year. >> It is a measure of popularity of railways as an employer that a >> staggering >> 2.2 crore applications were received. For the first time, Railway >> recruitment examinations were held at more than 60 cities across the >> country. In the process, a backlog of about 47,000 vacancies earmarked >> for >> weaker sections and physically challenged is likely to get cleared" >> >> . >> >> http://ibnlive.in.com/news/full-text-pawan-kumar-bansals-railway-budget-201314-speech/375226-37-64.html >> >> >> >> >> The paragraphs on >> >> >> >> >> a. passenger amenities: does not mention the amenities made inclusive and >> follow universal design standards. >> >> b. IT enabled services: are silent to the web accessibility standards >> requirement, online booking allowing booking concessional tickets by >> passengers with disabilities and other listed services inclusive. >> >> c. Ticket Reservation: There is no mention of accessible e-ticketing >> facility even while talking about the next speed and capacity of the >> system. >> >> d. Catering: The toll free number for complaint has not included >> complaints >> through messages for use by Deaf people. >> >> e. Rail Tourism: There is no mention of accessibility while the designing >> the executive lounge at Delhi. "The train will be made attractive and >> affordable through concessional fares", . There is no mention of >> accessibility. >> >> f. Staff: The staff amenities such as the quarters and hostel has no >> mention >> of accessibility. >> >> g. Skill Development: this section also does not talk about including >> persons with disabilities / any marginalised groups. >> >> h. Rail Heritage: There is a plan to revamp the museum for the benefit of >> children. it is a question if it will be inclusive. >> >> >> >> >> Please do add. >> >> >> >> >> Thanks & Regards >> >> Meenakshi.B >> >> >> >> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility >> of >> mobile phones / Tabs on: >> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.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 >> >> > > > -- > Akhilesh Dahiya, > Advocate. > Mobile: +91 9818798780 > Email: [email protected] > New Delhi > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.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 > > -- Rahul Kelapure +91 9833349929 Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.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. 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