Disability Rights Alliance .IN
Joined May 2010
Inaccessible websites and mobile apps are equivalent to a Denial of Service attack on Indians with Disabilities. End digital discrimination. Flag any Govt / public web-enabled service at the Web Accessibility Report form bit.ly/want2report-form for advocacy and @GoI_MeitY PILs !
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Have the extreme weather relief shelters been access audited for disabled citizens @Tn_Diff_abled @CMOTamilnadu? People with high support needs are left out of disaster planning and preparedness. When DIDRR? @chennaipolice_ checked on senior citizens registered on your portal?
The list of @chennaicorp monsoon shelters / relief centres has been mapped on Google MyMap : google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1… Also there on Chennai Cares CRR dashboard page - sorted by ownership. (Govt schools are more likely to have ramps for elderly / disabled) chennaicarescrr.wordpress.co…
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Fast with food only @McDonalds ? Slo-mo on being a responsible business? Why are you giving a wheelchair user and senior citizen such grief? It's supposed to be happy meals, remember?
It's over 48 hours now and no tangible action from your team over email. Meanwhile my senior citizen father and myself on a wheelchair are facing losses daily from your outlet's negligence. This is one example. I can share more proof if needed. Please ACT now! @mcdonaldsindia
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Station / terminal static layout maps with basic wayfinding info and standardised icons - is that so tough to provide online, on site and via your apps @GMSRailway @cmrlofficial @aaichnairport? Geotag gates, platforms, toilets, drinking water, FOB lifts, wheelchair route, MIHY.
How did a woman’s body lay inside Thirumayilai MRTS station for four days, while commuters continued to pass through. Vijaya’s death has renewed the question: how safe are the MRTS stations which thousands depend on everyday
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What IS a high floor bus doing in Chennai in contempt of Madras High Court orders @MtcChennai ? Do lay off political party colours on public infra - next they will say model code of conduct violations! Stick to a single livery please. Public buses should be easily identifiable.
One very dumb thing they did is to paint them yellow to match their party flag. Just invert the colour scheme @TVKVijayHQ it will still be your party flag colours and not be mistaken for a school bus (and also more closely match the livery of other buses in the fleet).
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Crores poured by India into brand new metro infra, still no uniform specs.😡 Safety planning at design inception needs to incorporate ALL scenarios. For entire platform length: a) edge contrast painting BEFORE PSD b) contrasting, continuous tactile warning for blind AFTER PSD.
Today, PSDs were kept open at Vadapalani St even before the train arrived in Pf3. Yes, there were security personnel who kept urging the public to stay away, but since there is no yellow line demarcation, like Ph1 elevated stations, this can be dangerous. @cmrlofficial
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Please remove the flowerpots immediately @cmrlofficial - they're a hindrance to people using railings and tactile guidance path. Also why are station layouts missing from new app? Please provide a spreadsheet of geo-coordinates of accessible entrances & toilets, station wise.
The new L shaped skywalk which links the phase I and phase II networks of the Vadapalani Metro Rail station @THChennai #Chennai #Metro
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DRA India (Disability Rights Alliance) retweeted
```3 October 2026``` *IRDAI @irdaindia claims it has received NO grievances on insurance denial due to disability!* If this is indeed the case thanks to the ’special’ policies for disabled introduced in 2023 by 30 insurance companies, then well and good. *If not* , then do hurry and fill this form asap - the next AFA PIL Supreme Court hearing is in a week! : tinyurl.com/PwD-Health-Insur… Experiences of *neurodivergent people* are especially important since this is an Action For Autism case. Contact [email protected] if there are any technical issues faced with the form. @disabilityindia @goadisability @discommgoa @rahul400 @sugamyata @nagvekarvishant @drsitu @armanaly
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DRA India (Disability Rights Alliance) retweeted
Stop motion entropy at Chennai's only surviving access boardwalk for disabled beachgoers. Yes, Marina's will rise again, but the decay of existing assets is disquieting. The broken window theory may have been discredited, but the Besant Nagar Beach Broken Railing theory isn't!
Rubbish has been cleared, but maintenance of Besant Nagar beach access path continues to be abysmal @chennaicorp @sameerangs @RDCSouth_GCC . Broken railings are encouraging miscreants to break more, in the course of a day. Life cycle access please! #BrokenWindowTheory #Sustain
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Rubbish has been cleared, but maintenance of Besant Nagar beach access path continues to be abysmal @chennaicorp @sameerangs @RDCSouth_GCC . Broken railings are encouraging miscreants to break more, in the course of a day. Life cycle access please! #BrokenWindowTheory #Sustain
How much of our time is wasted in just following up repeatedly with Govt on the most basic pending matters! Food vendor junk is cluttering the beach access path at Besant Nagar @chennaicorp . Still no agency to ensure proper usage of the path by all - check railings @sameerangs
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How much of our time is wasted in just following up repeatedly with Govt on the most basic pending matters! Food vendor junk is cluttering the beach access path at Besant Nagar @chennaicorp . Still no agency to ensure proper usage of the path by all - check railings @sameerangs
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As usual, planning for disabled has been abandoned in this latest biometric travesty.
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It is impossible to talk abt student suicides without being labelled partisan by one or the other side. We did with farmer suicides too. Result: voices of suicide prevention experts are drowned in the cacophony. Suicides are a public health issue. Trying again with a thread 1/n
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DRA India (Disability Rights Alliance) retweeted
30 years around and 1 question remains. “Partners in Nation Building,” what does Nation Building ask of us when a Member cannot independently enter the door? Physical barriers are visible. Silence is harder. Asking ICAI to be awake. #AuditingPossibilities #ICAI #Accessibility
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What is happening to the Pedestrian Cell and the Supreme Court mandate on Right to Walk RULES @GSBediIAS @sameerangs @CumtaOfficial @chennai_Highway @chennaipolice_ ? It's almost a year since S Rajaseekaran extract below, apart from recent Maniyar Ilyaz judgement.#FootpathsFirst
Not only here but across the city 99% of the places are like this only and even most of the time at the same place I have travelled in that busy road only. @DisabilityIndia has been pushing @chennai_Highway @chennaicorp @CumtaOfficial for accessible Footpath for a long time.
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DRA India (Disability Rights Alliance) retweeted
What's the use of keeping train indicators on the PFs parallel to the tracks? Passengers have to stand on the tracks to check the train timings? Shouldn't it be facing the passengers who are waiting on the PFs? Who comes up with these ideas?
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Awaiting your response @RailwaySeva . When will an accessible trolley path be made available for disabled commuters at Ambernath station? Till such time wheelchair access is available to every platform, this fallback with railway staff assistance is a MUST. #Accessibility #Rail
.@Central_Railway @AshwiniVaishnaw At least a proper trolley path needs to be made available tlill such time ALL platforms are accessible to wheelchair users by ramped FOB + multiple generator-connected lifts. Kindly confirm accessifying timeline for each platform & trolley path.
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DRA India (Disability Rights Alliance) retweeted
Non availability of #Lifts in #Tambaram Railway Station Long Distance Platforms - #Senior_Citizens with medical conditions FORCED to pay for LUGGAGE TROLLY ride to reach Platform. A 3.5 Crore passenger Station lacks most basic amenities @RailMinIndia @DrmChennai @CMOTamilnadu
Non availability of #Lifts in #Tambaram Railway Station Long Distance Platforms - #Senior_Citizens with medical conditions FORCED to pay for LUGGAGE TROLLY ride to reach Platform. A 3.5 Crore passenger Station lacks most basic amenities @RailMinIndia @DrmChennai @CMOTamilnadu
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Booking a rail ticket for senior citizen with restricted mobility? Don't mix other age groups in same PNR if you want seat assigned from the senior citizen lower berth quota. #Accessibility
Clearly they didn’t use senior citizen quota because of the 3rd passenger in the PNR. There are options that say don’t book if you didn’t get 1 or two lower berths. Clearly they ignored it. Simply complaining is not useful.
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.@Central_Railway @AshwiniVaishnaw At least a proper trolley path needs to be made available tlill such time ALL platforms are accessible to wheelchair users by ramped FOB + multiple generator-connected lifts. Kindly confirm accessifying timeline for each platform & trolley path.
Viral video from Ambernath station (2 Sep) shows a man with a walker crossing tracks from PF3 to PF2. Passengers helped him up as a local approached. RPF CCTV confirms he then boarded an Ambernath-Dadar AC local. Station has 3 FOBs, one lift (PF1A) and one escalator (PF2)
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