Re: [AI] Concession to persons with disabilities in vande Bharat trains

2024-05-01 Thread BHAWANI SHANKAR VERMA
Concession is available in rajdhani AC3 and shatabdi chaircar. in covid time all concessions had been withdrawn and now been restored except sr.citizen concession. On 5/1/2024 7:07 PM, Austin Pinto wrote: yes. there is a screen showing you km to cover and speed at which the train is going

RE: [AI] Concession to persons with disabilities in vande Bharat trains

2024-05-01 Thread Yamuna Jivana Dasa
Dear Payal Jethra, All I can say is you are very brave. I could never do this, and I am blind from birth. I know of two brothers who were travelling by train, twins but fully sighted. They were trying to get off the train and one was late so he tried to jump off but got killed doing so. My

Re: [AI] Concession to persons with disabilities in vande Bharat trains

2024-05-01 Thread Austin Pinto
yes. there is a screen showing you km to cover and speed at which the train is going along with some info. i travel on konkan line a lot and there is no concession in Vande Bharat and Shatabdi Shatabdi was in second chair car this was before covid i remember. but Vande Bharat was last year. On

Re: [AI] Concession to persons with disabilities in vande Bharat trains

2024-05-01 Thread BHAWANI SHANKAR VERMA
yes, it should be raised with railway board commercial section or with CCPD or department of disability afairs. vande bharat is a premium train service. we don't demand concession but we demand attention. I also traveled 2-3 times in vande bharat and faced simillar issue specially while

Re: [AI] Concession to persons with disabilities in vande Bharat trains

2024-05-01 Thread Payal Jethra
Hi All, I travelled this morning from Ahmedabad to Mumbai Borivali & have been frequently travelling Mumbai Gujarat route. My observations- * Since there is no way to identify myself as a passenger with visual impairment while booking ticket, there is no awareness/alertness amongst the team of

Re: [AI] Concession to persons with disabilities in vande Bharat trains

2024-04-30 Thread BHAWANI SHANKAR VERMA
Concession is available in shatabdi chair car, rajdhani AC3 75% of the fair will be charged. No concession available in vande bharat, garibrath, janshatabdi, hamsafar and duranto trains. On 4/30/2024 3:53 PM, george.abrah...@gmail.com wrote: No concession on Vande Bharat, Shatabdi, Rajdhani

RE: [AI] Concession to persons with disabilities in vande Bharat trains

2024-04-30 Thread george.abraham0
No concession on Vande Bharat, Shatabdi, Rajdhani trains. Concessions available only for Totally Blind persons. Please correct me if I am wrong! From: accessindia@accessindia.org.in On Behalf Of Radio Udaan Sent: 30 April 2024 14:07 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI]

Re: [AI] Concession to persons with disabilities in vande Bharat trains

2024-04-30 Thread Radio Udaan
Hello Ajay and all, I hope this email finds you well. I wanted to bring to your attention that there seems to be neither any concession nor any quota in seat booking for Vande Bharat. I have taken the initiative to file a petition regarding this matter in the CCPD office. Let's wait and watch

Re: [AI] Concession to persons with disabilities in vande Bharat trains

2024-04-29 Thread Rahul Bhatia
No concession is available on vande bharat train as of now. At least some persentage of concession must be provided On Tue, 30 Apr, 2024, 5:55 am Himanshu Ranjan, < sudhanshuranjan98...@gmail.com> wrote: > No, Duronto Express trains do not offer concessions to physically > challenged passengers

Re: [AI] Concession to persons with disabilities in vande Bharat trains

2024-04-29 Thread Himanshu Ranjan
No, Duronto Express trains do not offer concessions to physically challenged passengers but, Garib Rath Express trains reserve two lower and two upper berths for people with disabilities (PWDs) on a first-come, first-served basis. However, PWDs must have to pay the full fare for this facility.

Re: [AI] Concession to persons with disabilities in vande Bharat trains

2024-04-29 Thread Mohib Anwar Rafay
I think Doranto and Garibrath also don't provide any concession for blind passengers. On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 10:43 PM Himanshu Ranjan < sudhanshuranjan98...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi sir, > Vande Bharat does not provide any concession for persons with disability. > It just offers full ticket. >

Re: [AI] Concession to persons with disabilities in vande Bharat trains

2024-04-29 Thread Himanshu Ranjan
Hi sir, Vande Bharat does not provide any concession for persons with disability. It just offers full ticket. For more details you can check out this official PDF available on IRCTC site: https://contents.irctc.co.in/en/Salient%20Features%20of%20Vande%20Bharat%20Train.pdf Thanks, Himanshu. On

[AI] Concession to persons with disabilities in vande Bharat trains

2024-04-29 Thread Ajay Minocha
Hi everyone, this query is little bit urgent I wanted to enquire if someone has been successful to avail concession while travelling through vande Bharat trains If yes then what is the percentage of concession that person with disabilities are eligible for? Thanks in advance Ajay -- Disclaimer: