Dear List,
Adding to this, Now a days, streets are also becoming dangerous. in
front of houses people park their two wheelers and four wheelers both
side leaving little space in-between. It is a great trouble for
pedestrians. Also we have to face moving vehicles. I do experience this
daily. Please put your view on this.
On 8/16/2014 3:29 PM, wrote:
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From: avinash shahi
Sent: 16/08/2014, 2:27 pm
To: J L Kaul; accessindia
Subject: [AI] A risky road for blind students in Rohini, Somreet Bhattacharya
NEW DELHI: Students at the All India Confederation of Blinds in Rohini
often get knocked by cars while finding their way to the school
premises. Drivers backing without warning or looking around had left
three of the girls bruised earlier. The students have a tough time
weaving through the vehicles parked haphazardly.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/A-risky-road-for-blind-students-in-Rohini/articleshow/40311584.cms
A slip road between Rajeev Gandhi Cancer Hospital, on Bhagwan Mahavir
Marg, and a zonal office of North Corporation leads to the school.
According to a traffic police order, this road was supposed to remain
free for the students, who were trained to get off at the bus stop and
count their steps to the school while keeping to the left side. If
they deviate from the path, it is very difficult for them to pick
their way back. Even a few steps to get around an obstacle like a
parked car can make them lose their bearings. The absence of a guide,
coupled with speeding vehicles, makes the girls all the more
vulnerable.
"The drivers generally don't give us any signal expecting us to see
them. They end up grazing us or knocking us down," said Saraswati, one
of the students. They have memorized their way to the service lane
from the bus stop and use the slip road before taking a left turn
towards the school. Traffic cops had even fenced off the left side and
issued a no-parking order. But the barricades have been removed and
motorists are back to their old ways," said J L Kaul, founder member
of the school. He said the slip road now has vehicles parked on both
sides.
Most of these cars belong to the people visiting the Rohini zonal
office across the road, locals said. The space allotted for parking
inside the zonal office was used for dumping garbage and damaged
vehicles. The underground parking served as office space. "We tried to
remove the dumped vehicles but it was taking too long so we gave up,"
said a senior cor
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