Dear Vasisht sir, > 5. Provide concession to the disabled person without an escort
I availed this facility several times. But yes, I have heard of incidents where some of us were deprived of the same. So, I think this is concerned more with the implementation than the legislation. -- G. Vamshi PH Res : +91 877-2243861 Mobile: +91 9949349497 E-mail ID: gvamsh...@gmail.com Skype: gvamshi81 God helps those who help themselves On 10/30/09, SC Vashishth <subhashvashis...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > 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
