I am keenly following this discussion about difficulties faced by persons with blindness in Delhi Metro. And wish to share few things: A) whenever you are in difficulty and cluless at Station, dial helpline numbers (155370 and 22185555) ladies/men will come and assist you. This service works well. B) I wonder why don't Delhi Metro train blind travellers about how to use tactile pathways? How many of us actually know how this path helps us and where does it lead to? C) I heard from one of my friends who took part in First Asian Para games held in Guangzhou China, that there one can't jump or fall on Metro track, in fact only train door opens rest is covered with glasses. D) being a blind, I can bouch Better travelling experience outcome is based on better mobility. So hold a stick and march on... the more you're dependent the more you're scared.
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Subramani <subramani6...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Re: [AI] Visually impaired girl escapes accident at metro stationwhy not >> a >> coach for the disabled, as we supposedly have in normal trains? >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: rajpal >> To: 'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues >> concerningthe disabled.' >> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 1:02 PM >> Subject: Re: [AI] Visually impaired girl escapes accident at metro >> station >> >> >> Very true! >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On > Behalf >> Of Vikas Kapoor >> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 11:14 AM >> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issuesconcerning >> the disabled. >> Subject: Re: [AI] Visually impaired girl escapes accident at metro >> station >> >> I don't second this opinion that blind people should be encouraged to >> travel >> in the ladies coach because you know quite often some of the people with >> vision impairment are not easily noticed that they are blind and once >> some >> of the ladies see men around them in the ladies coach they pass a very >> dirty >> comments over them, although once they get to know about that, they >> indeed >> regret! I personally never intend to be in the ladies coach because on >> every >> station, to the new comers I cannot explain why I'm in the ladies coach, >> so, >> better to be careful! Most of the ladies particularly with less education >> and old ladies are very pertinent about why boys/men travel in their > coach, >> some of them even go to the extend of launching a formal complaint in a >> secret manner over the metro helpline without enquiring about the actual >> issue! >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "harish" <har...@accessindia.org.in> >> To: <geethas2...@gmail.com>; "AccessIndia: a list for discussing >> accessibility and issuesconcerningthe disabled." >> <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> >> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 10:10 AM >> Subject: Re: [AI] Visually impaired girl escapes accident at metro >> station >> >> >> Hi >> During the AI convention, we used the Delhi metro. The warning regarding >> the >> announcement to be careful about the gap was done in all stations. On >> some >> station it was more emphasised. Probably the gap there was more alarming >> perhaps. >> >> The Delhi metro indeed has tactile tiles on the platforms. >> >> What we had seen, The metro staffers encourage the blind persons to board >> the ladies coach next to the driver coach. Perhaps, it would be more >> prudent >> to do so. >> >> Harish Kotian >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Geetha Shamanna" <geethas2...@gmail.com> >> To: "'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and >> issuesconcerningthe disabled.'" <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> >> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2014 7:50 PM >> Subject: Re: [AI] Visually impaired girl escapes accident at metro >> station >> >> >>> This is a problem in metros all over the world. There have been several >>> instances of blind people falling into the gap between the train and the >>> platform in London, some coming out with severe injuries. Some years >>> ago, >>> a >>> blind person with a guide dog in London fell on to the tracks, ignoring >>> his >>> guide dog's attempts to push him away. The metro system in London's >>> stations >>> announces frequent warnings to passengers to mind the gap between the >>> train >>> and the platform, as also the system in Delhi it appears. Besides, the >>> voice >>> announcement systems in trains have this announcement as well. >>> >>> As blind persons travelling independently on the metro, it is perhaps >>> unfair >>> to blame the metros for the gaps. As we are aware of these gaps, it is >>> our >>> responsibility to use the cane and negotiate these gaps. The gaps >>> between >>> the train and the platform vary in London as well. During my initial >>> days >>> in >>> London, In response to my question about uneven gaps between the train >>> and >>> the platform, an underground staff member informed me that these gaps >>> are >>> inevitable due to curves in some stations. These gaps are apparently not >>> a >>> result of faulty planning, but essential in some stations due to their >>> layout in order to protect trains. >>> >>> Geetha >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On >>> Behalf >>> Of Vikas Kapoor >>> Sent: 01 March 2014 12:02 >>> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and >>> issuesconcerning >>> thedisabled. >>> Subject: [AI] Visually impaired girl escapes accident at metro station >>> >>> Visually impaired girl escapes accident at metro station >>> Sowmiya Ashok >>> >>> The gap between the platform and a Delhi Metro train got the better of a >>> visually impaired commuter on Thursday evening as she was about to board >>> the >>> train at the Nehru Place metro station. Sweety Bhalla, a government >>> employee, who was entering the train found her legs collapsing into the >>> gap >>> - which was not exceptionally large. But for two male co-passengers, who >>> hurriedly pulled her up, she could have suffered grievous injuries. The >>> incident happened around 5-20 p.m. >>> >>> "I put a leg forward thinking I will step on the train but my left leg >>> went >>> in completely into the gap between the platform and the train. It was so >>> unexpected, I couldn't understand and when I was pulled up I felt >>> bruises >>> on >>> my right ankle, knee and elbow," she said. Fortunately for Ms. Bhalla, >>> her >>> co-passengers helped her up before the train's doors shut on her. >>> >>> A resident of Karol Bagh, Ms. Bhalla travels from Jhandewalan to Nehru >>> Place >>> and back on a daily basis. "The gaps at all stations should be uniform >>> so >>> that no untoward incident happens. This is especially dangerous for >>> young >>> children who can fall into the gap while boarding or de-boarding the >>> train >>> at rush hours," she said. "The problem is that in some places the gap is >>> smaller and at others it's larger. There should be some uniformity," she >>> added. >>> >>> Ms. Bhalla said similar incidents have happened twice before at Rajiv >>> Chowk >>> and Udyog Bhavan stations. "There is a lot of rush especially at >>> stations >>> such as Rajiv Chowk. The Metro should have segregated entry and exit >>> points >>> into trains so it helps manage the crowds in an orderly manner." >>> >>> Ms. Bhalla, who suffers from retinitis pigmentosa, which has rendered >>> her >>> blind since birth, was part of a committee that did an external audit on >>> the >>> first line of the Delhi Metro that connected Welcome and Kashmere Gate. >>> >>> "I was part of a 'disability committee' that provided inputs to the >>> Delhi >>> Metro on how to make stations friendly for Persons with Disability. We >>> had >>> then reviewed three stations," she said. >>> >>> Following Thursday's incident, she rang the helpline number of the Delhi >>> Metro and was told that she will be contacted after the footage from the >>> station is reviewed. >>> >>> A Delhi Metro spokesperson said that at the point of frisking, Ms. >>> Bhalla >>> was asked by CISF staff if she needed assistance to reach the train but >>> she >>> declined because her colleague had accompanied her to the station. "We >>> do >>> make regular announcements asking passengers to mind the gap between the >>> platform and the train. The passenger had called the helpline number but >>> it >>> takes some time to review the footage," said the spokesperson. >>> >>> However, Ms. Bhalla denies Delhi Metro's version that she was asked if >>> she >>> needed assistance. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> http://www.dailypioneer.com/city >>> >>> Vikas Kapoor, >>> Mobile: (+91) 9891098137 >>> Skype Id: dl_vikas >>> >>> >>> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility >>> of >>> mobile phones / Tabs on: >>> >> > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessind >>> ia.org.in >>> >>> >>> Search for old postings at: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/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 >>> >>> >>> Disclaimer: >>> 1. 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