Hello friends,
is there is any copy of this order is available.? if yes, than Can i get a
copy of this order.
Kind regards
(Shubham Gupta)
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From: "anand Sharma" <sharmaanandan...@gmail.com>
To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in>
Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2011 7:46 AM
Subject: Re: [AI] DTC to allow free travel for visually-challenged
passengers
Hi All,
As far as my knowledge goes, Hp, Uttranchal, Panjab, Hariyana, Karnataka,
and UP provide either free travel or give concession to Visually impaired
person in roadways or local transportation but facility is given only to
those vi who holds medical certificate from respective states only and
not to other vi. Secondly in order to get medical certificate of your
blindness hospital authority ask for some sort of identity proof of
respective states otherwise they do not give. Do you see any logic behind
this. Even certificate from aims are not entertained while availing
concession. Why cannot organization in india working for vi or handicapped
person put up a common proposal where some common facility could be
provided at national level. Any thoughts on this? Is it possible?
anand
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From: "Pradeep_banakar" <pradeepsocialw...@gmail.com>
To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in>
Cc: <vib-in...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2011 12:21 PM
Subject: [AI] DTC to allow free travel for visually-challenged passengers
source:
www.thehindu.com >
NEW DELHI, October 1, 2011
The Delhi Government has decided to provide free travel in
air-conditioned Delhi Transport Corporation buses plying in Delhi and the
National Capital Region to all visually-impaired people. It has also
decided to remove the income limit on senior citizens for availing of
concessional travel on DTC buses.
Announcing these decisions, Transport Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely said
on Friday that while free passes being issued to blind persons were
earlier valid in only non-AC buses plying in Delhi, from October 1 they
would be valid in all AC and non-AC buses plying in Delhi and the NCR. At
present about 12,900 such passes are issued annually by the DTC.
The Transport Minister said the Delhi Government has also decided to
remove the income ceiling for allowing senior citizen passes for
travelling in DTC buses. He said all residents of Delhi would be entitled
to these passes on reaching the age of 60. While the non-AC pass costs
Rs.50 per month, the AC pass costs Rs.150 per month. About 4.5 lakh
passes are issued in this category annually.
On the operation of DTC buses, Mr. Lovely said its fleet of 6,500 buses
includes 1,270 low-floor AC buses and 2,505 low-floor non-AC buses.
DTC ridership up
Last year the average daily ridership was about 30 lakh, the Minister
said adding that about 45 lakh passengers use DTC services on average
each day now. To cater to their needs, the Corporation makes 40,000 trips
per day covering a combined distance of about 10 lakh km.
The higher ridership has also led to increase in DTC revenue. It is now
earning about Rs.3.5 crore per day, which is significantly higher than
last year's average of about Rs.75 lakh per day.
Mr. Lovely said the Corporation is also going for greater use of
technology to improve its efficiency and profits. He said
global-positioning system (GPS)-based automatic vehicle location system
has already been installed in about 3,700 DTC buses and now covers almost
all the low floor buses.
Through this system the speed of buses is being closely monitored and as
such the cases of over speeding and fatal accidents have reduced
drastically, the Minister pointed out. He said the Corporation is also
taking punitive action against drivers for over speeding. Similarly, the
system is being used to prevent idling or unauthorised rest by drivers
and to ensure that no trip is missed, he added.
As for the Passenger Information System (PIS), Mr. Lovely said it would
soon be launched by the Transport Department so that passengers waiting
at a bus stop know exactly which bus plying on which route would be
reaching them. "In the first phase, 100 bus shelters will be taken up
involving about 2,500 DTC buses and this would include the cluster bus
service," he said.
The Minister said electronic ticketing machines would also be introduced
in DTC buses soon to help in smoother operation of bus services.
Mr. Lovely said disciplinary action had also been taken against some DTC
staff members for various violations. He said 947 drivers and 723
conductors reported not to be in uniform while on duty were challaned or
were cautioned with strict warning. About 300 cases of improper parking
were detected and 632 cases on non-display of LED/destination boards were
detected.
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With Regards
Pradeep T.S
Mobile: 9845925188
Skype: pradeepsocialwork
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