PCO contracts of disabled people extended THE RAILWAY Board has extended the contracts of disabled people currently running phone booths at various railway stations across the country for three months. Thousands of such booth owners were to be evicted on Friday. Public Telephone "Their contracts, which were ending on April 27, have been further extended for three months, "official sources said, but declined to elaborate.
On April 7, the Hindustan Times had reported the Railway Board's move to evict the booth owners. On April 9, taking cognisance of the HT report, the Court of the Chief Commissioner for Disabilities stayed the eviction and issued a show cause notice to the Railway Board through its Secretary. It asked "why the said Public Call Office (PCO) scheme should not be continued and to submit the version of the Railways on the newspaper report within 30 days from the date of receipt of this notice. " The notice, issued under Section 59 of the Person with Disabilties (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights, and Full Participantion) Act, 1995, added, "In the meantime, the existing allottees with disabilities of the telephone booths etc. under the scheme shall not be displaced and deprived of their livelihoods. " Source: Hindustan Times, 28 April, Delhi Edition KODAKKAL SHIVAPRASAD,FUWAI Award Winner & Record Holder-International Biographical Note, URL:- http://kodakkal.ning.com/ http://kodakkalshivaprasad.blogspot.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/kodakkalshivaprasad Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
