Regarding Railway Photo ID Card and Concession in train fare to 75% both eyed Blind person,who is unable to travel independently. Sir/Madam, I am 75% both eyed Blind person,unable to travel without escort.I approached to the Commercial Branch,Divisional Railway Manager(DRM),Nanded for obtaining Photo ID Card,but the officers told that the railway is issuing Photo ID Card only to 100% Blind,not to 75% both eyed Blind Persons. However,the State Road Transport Corporations(SRTCs) like MSRTC,MPSRTC,APSRTC,DSRTC,HSRTC,KSRTC etc. gives concession in fare to 75% both eyed Blind,but the Railway is not providing Photo ID card & concession in train fare to 75% both eyed Blind persons as that of SRTCs. However,Railway provides Photo ID Card & concession in train fare to Orthopaedically Handicapped(OH),Cerebral Palsy(CP),Mental Illness(MI) & other 40% or more disabled Persons along with their escort,but the same facility was being denied to 75% both eyed Blind,who is unable to travel without escort. The defination of the Blindness under Section 2(b) of PwD, Act 1995 is as follows:
b."blindness" refers to a condition where a person suffers from any of the following conditions, namely: i.total absence of sight; or ii.visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200(snellen) in the better eye with correcting lenses; or iii.Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of 20 degree or worse; Railway is not providing Photo ID Card to Blind Person despite the defination of Blindness stated in the Section 2(b) of PwD Act 1995. This is an injustice with 75% both eyed Blind Persons,who is unable to travel without escort as Compared to less than 100% OH,CP & MI Persons. Please take immediate & positive action in this matter and provide the same Photo ID Card to both eyed Blind persons having more than 75% disability,who is unable to travel without escort as that of less than 100% OH,CP and MI persons. Yours faithfully, Gandigude Santosh, At Post.Kalambar, Tq.Mukhed,Dist.Nanded-431715. 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/[email protected]/ 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 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..
