Great news friends... On 12/15/14, Amar Jain <amarjain2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you Harish sir for pointing this out. > > From the Facebook Page of Ministry of Indian Railways, Government of India: > RAILWAY EXTENDS E-TICKETING FACILITY FOR BOOKING OF RAIL TICKETS TO > DIFFERENTLY - ABLED PERSONS > > In order to afford greater convenience in the booking of rail > tickets, the Indian Railways has extended the e-ticketing facility to > Physically Challenged persons i.e. Orthopaedically handicapped/ > Hearing & Speech impaired persons/Mentally Challenged/ Vision > Challenged passengers. > > Such persons desirous of availing e-ticketing facility are requested > to submit their original handicapped medical certificate along with > two copies of recent passport size photographs, photo-identity proof > and proof of Date of Birth in the Commercial Branch of nearest > Divisional Railway Manager's Office. After due verification of the > certificate/documents, such persons will be issued Photo-identity card > through which facilities of e-ticketing can be availed for booking of > rail tickets. > > Some of salient features of the Photo-identity card are as follows. > This Photo-identity card is not transferable and must be used only on > journey conducted by the person in which this card is issued. The > element of concession shall be as per eligibility criteria based on > the type of disability in different types of trains and class of > travel. This concession is admissible to a single escort if eligible > on the type of disability, while traveling with the card holder. This > card is eligible for booking of reserved tickets from counters as well > as from internet on irctc.co.in. For availing the concession of > bookings, the card number shall be mentioned at the time of booking. > The card holder and escort accompanying the card holder must carry > their respective Photo-identity cards in original during the journey > for verification purpose by authorized railway official. At the time > of booking concessional tickets at the counter, the card holder must > produce the Photo-identity card in original and submit a photocopy of > the same. For other details, the general public is requested to click > on the Northern Railway's website at: > http://www.nr.indianrailways.gov.in/ticker/1418303200282Instructions....pdf > > (This is a scanned document and the OCR results are not good) > > Regards, > -- > Amar Jain. > Website: www.amarjain.com > > Clean India Campaign: Let us also chip in! > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.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. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. >
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