Friends I am not at all amazed at the utter confusion prevailing about various facilities to disabled in Indian railways. So, following points are offered to clarify the matter:
1. Blind concession and HP quota are two different things: blind concession is available in first and second AC. at rate of 50% and is called handicapped higher class concession, and in third AC and sleeper class at the rate of 75% for both self and escort on production of valid railway concession certificate, and is called blind lower class concession. HP quota is a quota of two berths available only in sleeper class to the disabled persons including blind. Due to its terminology it is arbitrarily denied to blind travelers as rightly pointed out. they interpret the word handicapped as meaning only orthopedically disabled. So, we should insist on uniform nomenclature. Besides, a blind person can get concession in any class, and even berth in HP quota in sleeper class without escort unlike orthopedically disabled. 2. The handicapped or disabled coach is an altogether different coach of four berths attached at the extremities of wrack with a lot of lacunae, as said. 3. However, recently, railways is further confusing the matters by extending the scope of hp quota even to reserve those four berths in disabled coach, whereby two undesired things result: a. the person getting berths in hp quota may get them in regular sleeper class or in disabled coach. and b. the status of that disabled coach is reserved as well as ordinary, which results in chaos. 4. All this is in addition to arbitrariness which reservation clerks and supervisors indulge in, because any wrong issue of concession tickets is penalized by recovering the differential amount from their salary. And all this is again in addition to indiscriminate entry into disabled coach by all and sundry and greed of GRP AND RPF in expelling them at the precise moment of departure of train. Situation is slightly better in south, I think. Rajesh -----Original Message----- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of K .RAGHURAMAN Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 10:45 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] information required about reservation of tickets in trains there are also many problems in this coach for the disabled. 1 there is no railway official to take care of the passengers travelling in this coach. 2 the coach is totally disconnected from all other compartments that is there is no vestibule to move from one compartment to another. 3 no connection with the pantry car. 4 more importantly at the max only 8 passengers along with the escorts can travel. this mail is not to harm or defame anyone but to highlight the real condition of the coach. so please think about this and take these maters also to the higher officials in the railways and ask for at least 40 seats and all other facilities like the sighted to have a decent and comfortabble journey. regards raghu. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Asudani, Rajesh" <rajeshasud...@rbi.org.in> To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 1:56 PM Subject: Re: [AI] information required about reservation of tickets in trains > It is very much available to VI, and is called: HP quota. > The arbitrary denial can well be countered by compelling them-railway rank > and file-to enter the data in the system for booking and selecting hp > quota. > The system accepts it duly. However, I am afraid if they are not willing > to key in the data in system, a blind person single handedly can not > prevail upon them to do so, practically speaking and the issue should be > taken up at higher levels of the concerned station by advocacy groups and > awareness spread. > > Rajesh > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in > [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of tirumangalam > sandeep > Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 11:23 AM > To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in > Subject: [AI] information required about reservation of tickets in trains > > good morning to all accessindia members > recently i went to a railway reservation counter to reserve tickets > with the railway concession form for the blind but the waiting list > was above 250 so i asked the person sitting in the counter to give me > a ticket in the disabled quota which he refused saying that visually > impaired are not given tickets in the disabled quota on asking about > the previous time that another person had given me in that quota he > refused saying "i dont know how that person gave you that time" and > shouted at me to talk the ticket in the waiting list or leave > dear AI member i wanted suggestions is the disabled quota available > for the VI persons or not > > > > To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > 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 > > Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are > addressed. 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