Incedently Sweety was with someone from her office and had assistance! Can you imagine what could have happened if she was alone? Preeti
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Subject: Re: [AI] Visually impaired girl escapes accident at metro station Hi friends, Though I love traveling alone, while traveling during tipical office hours, I frankly ask for assistance. I know that I can manage alone as well but most of the times, people don't let you go even when you are walking with a big white cane in your hand. And I don't want to be unnecessarily waiting around or crushed just because I can't see! I totally agree with Vikas sir. I never get into the ladies coach even when the guards insure me of no complaints. I simpally say "it feels that I have been sent in some alion world" The guys have a loud laugh most of the times and don't argue with me anymore! Regards, Ajay On 3/2/14, P. Subramani <[email protected]> wrote: > Re: [AI] Visually impaired girl escapes accident at metro stationwhy not a > coach for the disabled, as we supposedly have in normal trains? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: rajpal > To: 'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues > concerningthe disabled.' > Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 1:02 PM > Subject: Re: [AI] Visually impaired girl escapes accident at metro station > > > Very true! > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Vikas Kapoor > Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 11:14 AM > To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issuesconcerning > the disabled. > Subject: Re: [AI] Visually impaired girl escapes accident at metro station > > I don't second this opinion that blind people should be encouraged to > travel > in the ladies coach because you know quite often some of the people with > vision impairment are not easily noticed that they are blind and once some > of the ladies see men around them in the ladies coach they pass a very > dirty > comments over them, although once they get to know about that, they indeed > regret! I personally never intend to be in the ladies coach because on > every > station, to the new comers I cannot explain why I'm in the ladies coach, > so, > better to be careful! Most of the ladies particularly with less education > and old ladies are very pertinent about why boys/men travel in their coach, > some of them even go to the extend of launching a formal complaint in a > secret manner over the metro helpline without enquiring about the actual > issue! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "harish" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; "AccessIndia: a list for discussing > accessibility and issuesconcerningthe disabled." > <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 10:10 AM > Subject: Re: [AI] Visually impaired girl escapes accident at metro station > > > Hi > During the AI convention, we used the Delhi metro. The warning regarding > the > announcement to be careful about the gap was done in all stations. On some > station it was more emphasised. Probably the gap there was more alarming > perhaps. > > The Delhi metro indeed has tactile tiles on the platforms. > > What we had seen, The metro staffers encourage the blind persons to board > the ladies coach next to the driver coach. Perhaps, it would be more > prudent > to do so. > > Harish Kotian > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Geetha Shamanna" <[email protected]> > To: "'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and > issuesconcerningthe disabled.'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2014 7:50 PM > Subject: Re: [AI] Visually impaired girl escapes accident at metro station > > >> This is a problem in metros all over the world. There have been several >> instances of blind people falling into the gap between the train and the >> platform in London, some coming out with severe injuries. Some years ago, >> a >> blind person with a guide dog in London fell on to the tracks, ignoring >> his >> guide dog's attempts to push him away. The metro system in London's >> stations >> announces frequent warnings to passengers to mind the gap between the >> train >> and the platform, as also the system in Delhi it appears. Besides, the >> voice >> announcement systems in trains have this announcement as well. >> >> As blind persons travelling independently on the metro, it is perhaps >> unfair >> to blame the metros for the gaps. As we are aware of these gaps, it is >> our >> responsibility to use the cane and negotiate these gaps. The gaps between >> the train and the platform vary in London as well. During my initial days >> in >> London, In response to my question about uneven gaps between the train >> and >> the platform, an underground staff member informed me that these gaps are >> inevitable due to curves in some stations. These gaps are apparently not >> a >> result of faulty planning, but essential in some stations due to their >> layout in order to protect trains. >> >> Geetha >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf >> Of Vikas Kapoor >> Sent: 01 March 2014 12:02 >> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issuesconcerning >> thedisabled. >> Subject: [AI] Visually impaired girl escapes accident at metro station >> >> Visually impaired girl escapes accident at metro station >> Sowmiya Ashok >> >> The gap between the platform and a Delhi Metro train got the better of a >> visually impaired commuter on Thursday evening as she was about to board >> the >> train at the Nehru Place metro station. Sweety Bhalla, a government >> employee, who was entering the train found her legs collapsing into the >> gap >> - which was not exceptionally large. But for two male co-passengers, who >> hurriedly pulled her up, she could have suffered grievous injuries. The >> incident happened around 5-20 p.m. >> >> "I put a leg forward thinking I will step on the train but my left leg >> went >> in completely into the gap between the platform and the train. It was so >> unexpected, I couldn't understand and when I was pulled up I felt bruises >> on >> my right ankle, knee and elbow," she said. Fortunately for Ms. Bhalla, >> her >> co-passengers helped her up before the train's doors shut on her. >> >> A resident of Karol Bagh, Ms. Bhalla travels from Jhandewalan to Nehru >> Place >> and back on a daily basis. "The gaps at all stations should be uniform so >> that no untoward incident happens. This is especially dangerous for young >> children who can fall into the gap while boarding or de-boarding the >> train >> at rush hours," she said. "The problem is that in some places the gap is >> smaller and at others it's larger. There should be some uniformity," she >> added. >> >> Ms. Bhalla said similar incidents have happened twice before at Rajiv >> Chowk >> and Udyog Bhavan stations. "There is a lot of rush especially at stations >> such as Rajiv Chowk. The Metro should have segregated entry and exit >> points >> into trains so it helps manage the crowds in an orderly manner." >> >> Ms. Bhalla, who suffers from retinitis pigmentosa, which has rendered her >> blind since birth, was part of a committee that did an external audit on >> the >> first line of the Delhi Metro that connected Welcome and Kashmere Gate. >> >> "I was part of a 'disability committee' that provided inputs to the Delhi >> Metro on how to make stations friendly for Persons with Disability. We >> had >> then reviewed three stations," she said. >> >> Following Thursday's incident, she rang the helpline number of the Delhi >> Metro and was told that she will be contacted after the footage from the >> station is reviewed. >> >> A Delhi Metro spokesperson said that at the point of frisking, Ms. Bhalla >> was asked by CISF staff if she needed assistance to reach the train but >> she >> declined because her colleague had accompanied her to the station. "We do >> make regular announcements asking passengers to mind the gap between the >> platform and the train. The passenger had called the helpline number but >> it >> takes some time to review the footage," said the spokesperson. >> >> However, Ms. Bhalla denies Delhi Metro's version that she was asked if >> she >> needed assistance. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> http://www.dailypioneer.com/city >> >> Vikas Kapoor, >> Mobile: (+91) 9891098137 >> Skype Id: dl_vikas >> >> >> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility >> of >> mobile phones / Tabs on: >> > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessind >> ia.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 >> >> >> Disclaimer: >> 1. 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