let us pray they recover soon. Two visually impaired students of Post-graduate Government College, Sector 11, suffered fractures when they were knocked down by the official car of the Chief Engineer of Punjab Irrigation department, Harvinder Singh, on Wednesday. http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/govt-vehicle-hits-two-visually-impaired-students/ The two students were identified as Balraj and Ramandeep. Balraj suffered a fracture in the thigh while Ramandeep suffered multiple fractures in one leg and an arm. The accident took place on Madhya Marg in front of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee office in Sector 15.
A witness, Varun Sharma told Newsline, "I was behind the car. There was very little traffic when these two blind students were crossing the road. The car hit them, a crowd gathered at the spot and by the time the police arrived, the chief engineer had gone away. The police took away the driver," adding, "no one from the Punjab Irrigation Department came forward to help the two students. An executive engineer later came to the hospital and requested for a compromise." The police said the driver of the car, Satpal Singh, was arrested and a case of rash and negligent driving was registered at the Sector 11 police station. Both the students were taken to Government Multi-Specialty Hospital (GMSH), Sector 16. Ramandeep was later shifted to the trauma ward and the doctors have recommended a surgery for him after two days. In hospital, Balraj said they were returning to the college from Sector 15 where they had gone to fill up forms for a government job. Both are BA final-year students. While Balraj lives in the college hostel, Ramandeep stays in Sector 27 with his family. -- Avinash Shahi M.Phil Research Scholar Centre for The Study of Law and Governance Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India 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 Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
