Disabled seek solace in aviation policy

Bangalore: Two disabled persons have joined hands with a group of NGOs and individuals to make air travel convenient for the physically challenged.
Jeeja Ghosh and Anjlee Agarwal hope that intervention at the policy level would put an end to harassment to disabled passengers by airline staff.
Ghosh, who works for the Kolkata-based Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy, was forced to deplane from Spice Jet aircraft due to her disability, while Agarwal, who runs the NGO Samarthya, was bodily lifted by four male Jet Connect staff from the aircraft despite regulations that wheelchair-bound passengers should be allowed an aisle chair.
“The recent incidents involving Jeeja and Anjlee highlight that even though air travel has become ubiquitous, persons with disabilities continue to face most of the barriers that we faced 10 years ago,” stated the memorandum on the requirements of persons with disability which was sent to Asok Kumar, Joint Secretary (A) at the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
03/03/12 L Subramani/Deccan Herald

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Categories: Indian Aviation- In General Mar 2012