Sudha Ramamoorthy (@sudharamamoorty) 's Twitter Profile
Sudha Ramamoorthy

@sudharamamoorty

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calendar_today05-10-2015 12:39:22

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DRA India (Disability Rights Alliance) (@disabilityindia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If sighted person can see a yellow safety line on a rail platform, shouldn't blind person feel a tactile platform warning edge Srinivas Katikithala? Common sense apart, high time Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry of Railways MoCA_GoI Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) got RPDA HGSUA-21 compliant. hindustantimes.com/cities/others/…

If sighted person can see a yellow safety line on a rail platform, shouldn't blind person feel a tactile platform warning edge <a href="/Secretary_MoHUA/">Srinivas Katikithala</a>?

Common sense apart, high time <a href="/MoHUA_India/">Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs</a> <a href="/RailMinIndia/">Ministry of Railways</a> 
<a href="/MoCA_GoI/">MoCA_GoI</a>  <a href="/IGBConline/">Indian Green Building Council (IGBC)</a> got RPDA  HGSUA-21 compliant.
hindustantimes.com/cities/others/…
DRA India (Disability Rights Alliance) (@disabilityindia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"Greater Chennai Corporation will rectify all wheelchair unfriendly bollards on pavements", Adv. General told Madras High Court on 12 Sep 2023. A year & many reminders later, not 1 bollard has been fixed. forcing wheelchair users into dangerous traffic. Do disabled lives not matter Kumaragurubaran (KGB)?

"<a href="/chennaicorp/">Greater Chennai Corporation</a> will rectify all wheelchair unfriendly bollards on pavements", Adv. General told Madras High Court on 12 Sep 2023. 

A year &amp; many reminders later, not 1 bollard has been fixed. forcing wheelchair users into dangerous traffic. 

Do disabled lives not matter <a href="/kgbias/">Kumaragurubaran (KGB)</a>?
Rema Nagarajan (@remanagarajan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Shocking arrogance of this TN govt doctors' association to dismiss patients sharing experiences as unnecessary because they are "non-professionals" No wonder young doctors behave dismissively with patient. This is what they are taught by a bunch of outdated senior "professionals"

DRA India (Disability Rights Alliance) (@disabilityindia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

And what have you done for disabled citizens to experience the air show Greater Chennai Corporation MTC Chennai Greater Chennai Traffic Police Indian Air Force ? While VIPs use our beach access path, will wheelchair users be air dropped by Suryakiran Aerobatic Team?! Zero arrangements for low floor bus, passes, parking.. 🤬

DRA India (Disability Rights Alliance) (@disabilityindia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Naalikku beachukku epPADI povom M.K.Stalin? That disabled people have to watch the air show indoors on YouTube because VIPs are using our beach access path is unthinkingly cruel. A free for all public event excluding a group by design is pathetic planning, TN Govt & IAF. SHAME!

Rajani Surendar Bhat (@rajanisurendarb) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thank you himanshi dhawan for sharing stories of the struggles of people and families coping with life-limiting/ life-threatening illnesses in their quest for comfort care & dignity at the end of life. Thanks to the persistent efforts of stalwarts from @ISCCM Indian Association of Palliative Care

Thank you <a href="/dhawan_himanshi/">himanshi dhawan</a> for sharing stories of the struggles of people and families coping with life-limiting/ life-threatening illnesses in their quest for comfort care &amp; dignity at the end of life. Thanks to the persistent efforts of stalwarts from @ISCCM  <a href="/iapcsecretary/">Indian Association of Palliative Care</a>
Vaishnavi Jayakumar (@vjayakumar) 's Twitter Profile Photo

.CDSCO_INDIA_INFO's press note muddied the ECP-prescription controversy so much that some people (including media) got back after the petition was shared asking if this was still an issue. Make no mistake, it is! Inspired by PIB Fact Check's 'Myth vs Facts', here's an explainer!

.<a href="/CDSCO_INDIA_INF/">CDSCO_INDIA_INFO</a>'s press note muddied the ECP-prescription controversy so much that some people (including media) got back after the petition was shared asking if this was still an issue.

Make no mistake, it is!

Inspired by <a href="/PIBFactCheck/">PIB Fact Check</a>'s 'Myth vs Facts', here's an explainer!
DRA India (Disability Rights Alliance) (@disabilityindia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Repairs at disability commissionerate could do with your speed CMOTamilNadu M.K.Stalin ! Sole lift isn't working from Dec 2nd & drainage problem at sensory garden hasn't been fixed for months! Every office ground floor must have meeting rooms & single window counter as failsafe.

DRA India (Disability Rights Alliance) (@disabilityindia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Dear TN, The new Mini bus scheme is mum on accessibility for wheelchair users and ambulant disabled. Enough of 1980s definitions with wheelbase! If ~20 seater, then Delhi low floor Mohalla bus is a fit. If ~10 seater, how about Hino Poncho till Tata-Leyland modernise? #Bus4All

Dear TN,

The new Mini bus scheme is mum on accessibility for wheelchair users and ambulant disabled.

Enough of 1980s definitions with wheelbase! 
If ~20 seater, then
Delhi low floor Mohalla bus is a fit.
If ~10 seater, how about Hino Poncho till Tata-Leyland modernise?
#Bus4All
DRA India (Disability Rights Alliance) (@disabilityindia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We've checked ongoing work at Lloyds Road, Conron Smith road etc Greater Chennai Corporation Kumaragurubaran (KGB). Given the number of home / shop driveways intersecting with the pavement, instead of kerb ramps, a tabletop approach with tactile warning at each intersection is recommended for accessibility.

We've checked ongoing work at Lloyds Road, Conron Smith road etc <a href="/chennaicorp/">Greater Chennai Corporation</a> <a href="/kgbias/">Kumaragurubaran (KGB)</a>. Given the number of home / shop driveways intersecting with the pavement, instead of kerb ramps, a tabletop approach with tactile warning at each intersection is recommended for accessibility.
DRA India (Disability Rights Alliance) (@disabilityindia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Some decisions are b/w. Plans don't have to be. As local fisherfolk use Thiruvanmiyur Beach to cast kilometres long 'periya valai' for shore seine fishing, beach access here will dispense with the wooden path for the mobility mat + beach wheelchair route tinyurl.com/abc-600041

Some decisions are b/w.
Plans don't have to be. 

As local fisherfolk use Thiruvanmiyur Beach to cast kilometres long 'periya valai' for shore seine fishing, beach access here will dispense with the wooden path for the mobility mat + beach wheelchair route tinyurl.com/abc-600041
Satendra Singh, MD (@drsitu) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨 STATIONED AT DISADVANTAGE 🚉💔 In May, PM Modi virtually inaugurated 103 railway stations under the #AmritBharatStationScheme Grand gesture? Here’s the reality👇 ₹66 crore, 9 TN railway stations 0⃣accessibility♿️ If not for ALL, ABSS is #ABSSoluteWaste 1/ Ashwini Vaishnaw

🚨 STATIONED AT DISADVANTAGE 🚉💔
In May, PM Modi virtually inaugurated 103 railway stations under the #AmritBharatStationScheme 

Grand gesture? Here’s the reality👇

₹66 crore, 9 TN railway stations 
0⃣accessibility♿️
If not for ALL, ABSS is #ABSSoluteWaste 1/ <a href="/AshwiniVaishnaw/">Ashwini Vaishnaw</a>
bvhk (@bvhk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I can understand older buildings not being accessible and needing patched up solutions which are not the best. But any new building - whether public or private - remaining inaccessible is really bad. A public utility building like a station that is inaccessible , built with our

DRA India (Disability Rights Alliance) (@disabilityindia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Forget about fully accessible... After Southern Railway spent 66 crores on 9 TN ABSS stations inaugurated recently, passengers with reduced mobility are STILL stuck at same place as 2 years earlier - able to reach only the home platform at a station. 🤬 ABSSolute sham Ministry of Railways

Forget about fully accessible... After <a href="/GMSRailway/">Southern Railway</a> spent 66 crores on 9 TN ABSS stations inaugurated recently, 
passengers with reduced mobility are STILL stuck at same place as 2 years earlier - able to reach only  the home platform at a station. 🤬

ABSSolute sham <a href="/RailMinIndia/">Ministry of Railways</a>
Sathish kumar - Sathish On Wheels 🧑‍🦼 (@rsathishkumar36) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Chennai Airport Metro Station Entrance with InAccessible Ramp. The Floor before d #Ramp is uneven sloping towards d road which drags #Wheelchair risking to one side. This ramp modified just last year but still not followed d standards Chennai Metro Rail Chennai (MAA) Airport DRA India (Disability Rights Alliance)

Chennai Airport Metro Station Entrance with InAccessible Ramp. The Floor before d #Ramp is uneven sloping towards d road which drags #Wheelchair risking to one side. This ramp modified just last year but still not followed d standards <a href="/cmrlofficial/">Chennai Metro Rail</a> <a href="/aaichnairport/">Chennai (MAA) Airport</a> <a href="/DisabilityIndia/">DRA India (Disability Rights Alliance)</a>