DEar Johann , I have alreadyfiled a case in Delhi High Court same has been listed and hopefully some thingwill come out this With best Wishes Col Mehndiratta ( retd) On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 3:14 PM, captainjohann <[email protected]>wrote:
> Dear Madam, > I am thankful to you for addressing some of the concerns raised by me > in my previous email. I am pointing out here some of the descrepencies in > the PART A of the various categories of persons with disabilities who are > given the concessions by the Indian Railways. > 1. For orthopaedically handicapped,mentally retarded, Deaf and Dumb > persons the Authority required is that of a Government Doctor. But in case > of Blind persons the certificate issued by RMP as well as the one issued by > Head of IRCA listed Blind institution is also valid. along with that of the > govt doctor. > 2. For Deaf and Dumb, both the afflictions should be present in the > same person but the rail concession is *reduced to 50% *unlike other > disabilities mentioned above which is 75%. > 3. There is another way the Orthopaedically/Paraplegic persons are > handicapped.The concession is ALLOWED ONLY IF THOSE PERSONS CANNOT TRAVEL > WITHOUT AN ESCORT. THIS CONCESSION IS NOT I REPEAT NOT GIVEN TO THOSE > DISABLED WHO CAN TRAVEL ALONE IN WHEEL CHAIR OR WITH CRUTCHES thereby > making them run around to find an escort.. > When I went to Railway authorities in 1999 and met the concerned > Medical officer after the passage of 1995 law, he asked me to produce a > letter from the Ministry of Social Justice and empowerment headed at that > time by Ms.Menaka Gandhi just stating the relevant law and asking the > Railway authorities to provide the concession for Psycho social disabled. > When I went to the office of Ms.Gowri Chatterjee,who was heading the > disability section, she not only flatly refused to issue the letter but also > stated that the law was a wrong move in including the psycho social > disabled!!! The Railway official then asked me to produce the Disability > certificate issued by the Ministry so that he can help and I found that > there is no certification process at all initiated by the MOSHE because of > the attitude of Ms.Maneka Gandhi.(Link is below) > http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie20010813/op1.html > It is the ERAWADI tragedy in 2000 which became the game changer for > the Psycho social disabled and IPS formed a committee and brought out the > IDEAS scale in 2002. The Amendment committee formed in 1999 did NOT address > this issue at all. It had other priorities. It is at that time I came to > know about WHODASS scale already in use by WHO but not implemented by MOSJE > due to pressure from other disabilities who are entrenched in the > bureaucracy of MOSJE and RCI(Rehabilitation council of India). > The Railway concession form should be uniform and method of > certification uniform,, the concessions should be uniform without > discrimination and independence of Orthopeadically handicapped also > should be recognized is my humble request.The carriage of an escort should > be at the discretion of the Disabled person. > with kind regards. > > "Greatness lies not in never falling but in rising everytime we fall" > *Captain Johann samuhanand,** BANGALORE INDIA* > *91 80 42023252 * > *www.captainjohann.blogspot.com* > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Mental Health Advocacy (Reform) India" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<mhareformindia%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/MhaReformIndia?hl=en > ------------- > Affiliated Groups : MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY INDIA > [email protected] > Discussions on mental health law / policy / plan monitoring / human rights > etc > [email protected] > India-specific news and views related to mental health > [email protected] > Information and support to carers of people with mental health issues > [email protected] > Mutual support and sharing of experiential knowledge, skills and social > learning amongst peers > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Mental Health Advocacy (News 'N Views) India" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/MhaNewsViewsIndia?hl=en ------------- Affiliated Groups : MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY INDIA [email protected] Discussions on mental health law / policy / plan monitoring / human rights etc [email protected] India-specific news and views related to mental health [email protected] Information and support to carers of people with mental health issues [email protected] Mutual support and sharing of experiential knowledge, skills and social learning amongst peers
