I am very surprised by Minar Singh's comment that these kind of incidents are happening in some states of India. Airport harassment incidents come quite often in news. Prof Anita Ghai faced it in New Delhi, Rajiv Rajan at Chennai.
The fact remains awareness about disability in general and particularly of invisible disability is very low in our country. Such harassment are the outcome of same. Regards Shampa Sengupta On Mon, 9 May 2022, 18:20 anirudh rao, <personalanir...@gmail.com> wrote: > do we need an aviation minister at all? > Indian government holds no airlines with it and they are privatizing > everything. > when the government starts the policy of divestment, it is the > privetocracy which rules. > inclusion, empathy, etc. are while giving the advertisements and not > to be followed in the ground level in the private sector. > let us dream of better India and go worse. > all the best. > > On 5/9/22, Minar Singh <singhmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think This is not company's fault. Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and > > North east states are lagging behind in the field of disability > > advocacy and empowerment on ground level. sensitisation at local level > > matters a lot in shaping public view. I remember few months back > > Cerebral palsy affected person had to undergo similar discrimination > > at Subhash Chandra international airport in Kolkata. He was not > > permitted to travel alone due to his disability. > > > > On 5/9/22, George Abraham <george.abrah...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> How many of you on this group have travelled by Indigo? What has your > >> experience been? I personally have been travelling by Indigo and have > >> found > >> the Airlines extremely helpful and accommodating. > >> > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: accessindia@accessindia.org.in > >> [mailto:accessindia@accessindia.org.in] > >> On Behalf Of Minar Singh > >> Sent: Monday, May 9, 2022 12:56 PM > >> To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in > >> Subject: [AI] No human should go through this: Scindia on IndiGo denying > >> boarding to special needs child > >> > >> | New Delhi | > >> May 9, 2022 9:43:19 am > >> Jyotiraditya Scindia seeks VAT reduction on aviation turbine fuel in > >> MPUnion > >> Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia. > >> Days after budget airline IndiGo allegedly denied boarding to a > specially > >> abled child on a Hyderabad-bound flight at the Ranchi airport, Union > >> Civil > >> Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia condemned the incident and said > >> that > >> he was investigating the matter himself. > >> “There is zero tolerance towards such behaviour. No human being should > >> have > >> to go through this!” Scindia tweeted on Monday morning, in response to a > >> detailed account shared by a passenger who was present at the airport at > >> the > >> time of the incident. “Investigating the matter by myself, post which > >> appropriate action will be taken.” > >> There is zero tolerance towards such behaviour. No human being should > >> have > >> to go through this! Investigating the matter by myself, post which > >> appropriate action will be taken. > >> > https://indianexpress.com/article/india/scindia-indigo-special-needs-child-7907346/ > >> > >> -- > >> 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. 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