Dear Prashant and friends, The following was the Draft of the Demands & Strategies finalised at the National Consultation held in Chennai last month on the issues with Railways concerning disabilty Sector.
*Demands* ** 1. Increase the number of Reserved compartments to at least 1 reserved (72 seater) and 1 unreserved coaches 2. They should not take away the existing benefits 3. Budgetary allocations should be made. 4. Make concessions mandatory for e-ticket booking also. 5. Provide concession to the disabled person without an escort 6. Ramps at all stations 7. Accessible toilets in Trains and Railway stations 8. Make e booking more accessible for the disabled people 9. Need to have a Disability enquiry booth 10. Make sign language information possible for the hearing impaired on display screens 11. The Disabled coach needs to be nearer to the platform entry 12. Separate Rest room with accessible toilet and medical facilities 13. Consult the stake holders before the budget session 14. Ensure safety of women with disability 15. Formulate a committee consisting of stake holders to review and implement the universal design model. *Strategies* 1. Focus on trains and stations at rural areas as much as the urban railway network 2. Involve political participation from state level by approaching chief ministers of the states / state MPs of both ruling and opposition parties 3. Take the agenda to the central minister for Railways 4. To conduct sensitization programs for railway staff 5. To conduct awareness camps for political representatives 6. To take to streets if the demand is not implemented by the Railways 7. Implementation of Specific designs for toilets 8. To ensure that representatives from the sector are elected to the legislative bodies at various levels. 9. Focus on larger issue of the universal accessibility rather than limited accessibility 10. Audio signal in the trains and stations 11. Reconsider the renewal system of concession forms 12. Formulate Support services to be included from the entry into the station like electrical car , facility counter, etc. 13. National ID card to be considered as enough valid document for Railway or other concessions. 14. To prepare a Shadow Report to UNCRPD -- Warm regards, Subhash Chandra Vashishth Mobile: +91 (11) 9811125521 Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. Consider environment! 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
