FACILITIES EXTENDED TO HANDICAPPED PERSONS IN RESPECT OF RESERVATION IN
TRAINS
(i) A
reservation quota of two sleeper class berths has been earmarked in all trains
running on non- suburban sections for handicapped persons performing their
journey on handicapped concessional ticket. The person accompanying the
handicapped person as escort is also allotted the berth out of this quota.
(ii)
Instructions have also been issued that in the tickets issued through
Computerized Passenger Reservation System, to extent feasible, one lower berth
should be allotted to the handicapped person and the person accompanying the
handicapped person as escort should be allotted middle/upper berths near the
handicapped person subject to availability of accommodation.
(iii)After
departure of the train, if there are vacant lower berths available in the
train, and if any physically handicapped person booked on the authority of
handicapped concessional ticket, who has been allotted upper/middle berth,
approaches for allotment of vacant lower berths, the Conductor/Train Ticket
Examiner (TTE) has been authorized to allot the vacant lower berth to them
making necessary entries in the chart.
(iv) Specially
designed coaches known as SLRD coaches with wider entrance doors to allow a
wheel chair to enter, wider aisles and modified toilet with 4 berths, the lower
two for physically challenged persons and upper berths for attendants have been
attached in almost all Mail/Express trains except Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Jan
Shatabdi Express Trains and Duronto Express Trains.
(v)
Instructions have been issued that in all Mail/Express Trains, the SLRD coaches
should be treated as unreserved coaches earmarked for exclusive use of
physically handicapped passengers. In case of Garib Rath Express Trains which
are fully reserved trains, these coaches are treated as reserved for booking by
handicapped persons travelling on handicapped concession on payment of full
fare of 3 AC class of Garib Rath Express on first come first served basis.
(vi)
Separate counters are earmarked at various Passenger Reservation System(PRS)
centres for dealing with the reservation requisitions received from Physically
handicapped persons, Senior Citizens, Ex. MPs, MLAs, accredited journalists and
freedom fighters, if the average demand per shift not less than 120
tickets.
In case
there is no justification for earmarking of an exclusive counter for any of
these categories of persons including handicapped persons, one or two counters
depending upon
the total
demand are earmarked for dealing with the reservation requests for all these
categories of persons.
2.
Additional Facility
(a) For the
convenience of the physically challenged persons, facilities like Wheel Chairs
have been provided at all important stations on the Indian Railways.
(b) In
allotment of STD/PCO booths operated from the Railway Stations, 25% booths have
been reserved for physically handicapped persons (including blind disability
40% and above).
3.
Concession in Fares As per Railway rules, concession in Railway fares is
admissible to the following categories of disabled persons and that too in
extreme cases.
S. No.
|
CATEGORY OF PERSONS
|
PERCENTAGE OF CONCESSION*
|
1
|
Disabled Passengers
|
|
1
|
Orthopedically Handicapped/ Paraplegic persons
who cannot travel without escort — for any purpose
|
• 75% in second, Sleeper, First, AC chair Car and
AC 3 tier
• 50% in First Class and AC 2 tier, • 25% in AC 3-tier & AC Chair Car of Rajdhani/Shatabdi trains • 50% in Monthly Season Ticket & Quarterly Season ticket • One escort is also eligible for same element of concession |
2
|
Mentally retarded persons who cannot travel
without escort - for any purpose
|
|
3
|
Blind persons travelling alone or with an escort
- for any purpose
|
|
4
|
Deaf & Dumb persons (both afflictions
together in the same person) travelling alone or with an escort - for any
purpose.
|
• 50% in Second, Sleeper and First Class
• 50% in Monthly Season Ticket & Quarterly Season ticket • One escort is also eligible for same element of concession |
