Dear all, Blind government for the blind people Boasting leaders and shouting slogans of the government are not only lull for the deaf people infact voice sensitive blind people are feeling frustrated and irritated with the discriminatory bureaucracy and slumbering leaders in their palaces. Government of Rajasthan has not fulltime commissioner who has responsibility of protection to person with disabilities as per the section 60 of the act of 1995 for the protection and equal opportunity of person with disabilities in the nation. In the state of Rajasthan the 1.8 million population of disabled seem to be left on the mercy of god. State has not any public sector Braille press for the blind; contrary to this central minister for finance has declared the budget for the same in 2014-2015 loudly. Similarly the chief minister has declared the budget for the purpose of making public building accessible for the person with disabilities this year only; but the lower and local government seem to be unaware and innocent about all those provisions and determined to make it a mockery. Therefore I am confirmed now it is all a dual face of right wing governments which shows and says that we can give effective governance but it is fake and cruel joke with most vulnerable section of the society. As from last year even after the court of commissioner (part time) orders to various government departments of Rajasthan but it is a specifically anyideal and slow trail of red tape for person with disabilities. If a disabled activist decides to pericipate or get accessible a under construction building then he or she has to take up a lot of pain. Recently a public library in jaipur at tonk phatak taken a whole lot of year of mine where regular follow up with the department could not be possible for severely disabled person ;there is no any effective or strong window or powerful platform where we can raise or put up our complaint this example showing its capabilities lower than person with disabilities. Height of the insensitivity is clear by a example of newly constructed building of directorate of specially abled persons in Jaipur has not a accessible toilet for wheel chair users and continuous reminders and protest not able to make impact over irresponsible government; however the hnble minister has declared to make hundred public buildings accessible for person with disabilities in coming year but still I am not able to fetch the list of those so called hundred buildings of the state. The various schemes designed by the government; for the welfare of the disabled persons is discriminatory and seem to be ineffective in empowerment of this community. For example in scholarship scheme for PWD’s family income bar for person with disabilities is rupees hundred thousand whereas it is two hundred and fifty thousand for the SC’s ST’s in the state; similarly for the promotion of marriages with person with disabilities fetch only twenty five thousand rupees to a family where as scheme for SC’s and ST’s provides for five lack rupees to a married couple; this situation is when more than fifty percent of disabled are not married and deprived of their basic physical need of sex for their life time.. This is literally inhumane and compels to think over the tragic situations of person with disabilities. The narrow vision of the governments is visible by a scheme where the locomotor affected persons are getting tricycles on irregular basis but there is no scheme for person with visual impairment in the state where they can be supplemented to their efficiency with a expensive screen reader software. They are in the situation when they are not having their representation in legislative assembly and abled body decides their fate. This trouble some experience does not stops here and similar hard some situations extends to steps of judiciary as well where long waiting representation to honorable chief justice is still awaiting for justice which demands early or priority disposal of cases pending related to disabled petitioners; this is complimented with inaccessible high court building for disabled litigants. Therefore these situations compel we disabled to enter into electoral politics and mobilize their community of disabled somewhere about ten percent of total population of the nation; and this motivation or strategy is formulated with experiences and success stories of struggles of women or sc’s and st’s.
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