Things are moving from bad to worse!
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From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On
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Of avinash shahi
Sent: 21 March 2013 18:15
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Subject: [AI] New coins leave visually challenged in a spin
S M Arun, TNN | Mar 21, 2013
COIMBATORE: The new series of 50 paise, 1 rupee, 2 rupee and 5 rupee
coins
launched in July 2011 have left blind people across the country in a
spin.
They say the new coins (introduced with the new rupee
symbol) are so indistinct from each other that differentiating between
them
is a task. "The shape and size of all these coins seems almost similar.
So
we are unable to differentiate it from size," A David Vincent, a
visually-challenged youth told TOI.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/New-coins-leave-visually
-challenged-in-a-spin/articleshow/19100562.cms
He said without help of others it is hard to differentiate between
various
denominations. Though blind, people like Vincent say the unique wavy rim
of
old 2 rupee coins and the rims of Rs 5 and the Re 1 coins were so
distinct
that these almost worked like braille for them and helped them identify
the
denomination. "The new series of coins have reduced the unique design of
all these coins to a standard circle making our day-to-day life
difficult,"
he said.
The Re 1 coin with the thumbs-up sign and cross sign and the Rs 2 coin
with
the 'V' sign and cross sign that were circulated before 2011 too were not
blind friendly. There is also a criticism that the Re 1 and Rs 2 coins
have
undergone three changes in a short period making the life of
visually-impaired miserable. "Both the new Re 1 coin and the old 50p coin
that are similar in shape and size are in circulation adding to the
confusion," S Chezhiyan, a visually-impaired activist said.
The demand for bringing out blind-friendly coins preferably using braille
method is increasingly being made after the circulation of these new
series
of coins. "We have made repeated representations to the government and
also
to the Reserve Bank of India but there has been no response," says M
Kamaraj, a differently-abled activist said.
According to him, even people with normal eyesight are checking the new
series of coins more than twice to confirm the denominations as they are
not noticeably different.
--
Avinash Shahi
MPhil Research Scholar
Centre for the Study of Law and Governance Jawaharlal Nehru University
New
Delhi India
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