Thanks to the efforts of Election Commission of India, those with visual impairment can now cast their vote without any assistance in the general and byelections scheduled for April 18.
A demonstration on EVMs with Braille touch and dummy ballot papers was held at the Tiruvannamalai Collectorate where Collector K.S. Kandasamy reviewed the operations in front of a visually-impaired voter Vanitha.
The phone hasn't stopped ringing for Sparsh Gupta. Congratulations are pouring in for this 28-year-old who has cracked the Civil Services Examination 2018 with a rank of 562, some of them including people who had
written off his future prospects when he lost his vision completely in 2016.
It's a sweet moment for Sparsh and his family, who have stood by him rock solid from birth.
To make elections more inclusive, the Election Commission has instructed the chief electoral officers of all the states to print ballot paper in Braille for visually-impaired voters.
Uttar Pradesh chief electoral officer L Venkateshwarlu has directed the district electoral officers to make arrangements for Braille voting ballot paper to ensure their participation in the Lok Sabha elections beginning April 11.
Braille Ballot papers will be used to help the blind vote in the state.
HYDERABAD: For the visually-impaired, voting has always been a harrowing experience. Many of them have, for a long time now, complained that polling booths are not user-friendly. Even at polling stations with Braille ballot papers, issues are many. Some of them have asked the Election Commission to resolve their issues this election. They will find out on Thursday, the day they cast their votes, whether these requests have in fact worked.
There were 13 people on screen, summiting Mount Kilimanjaro, at an altitude of 5,895 metres. There were nearly a 100 people in the hall, cheering them on, clapping each time they surmounted an obstacle, shedding a tear at their struggles, rejoicing in their bonding.
Nagpur: The Gadchiroli district administration, keeping Maoist threats aside, has created special provisions for around 2,196 challenged voters, including 351 visually impaired. This is following the directives of the Election Commission of India (ECI), which has also created a mobile phone app for ‘PWD’ (person with disability), to help them seek benefits through it. In Maharashtra, around 2.24 lakh voters with various challenges are on the electoral list.
Pune In a bid to help visually impaired and disabled students, select students from Sir Parashurambhau College, also known as S P College, have formed a group called Divya Zhep. The group members conduct a number of activities throughout the year, right from providing them writer during the exams.
Now, the blind especially students and employees need not to ask anyone about the route number of any bus arriving at the bus stops as the Delhi Transport Department is planning to install digital audio announcements facilities at the ‘bus queue shelters’ across the Capital alike the metro station. The announcing facilities that will be fitted in both the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses and bus stops will tell the information related to the arrival of upcoming buses such as route number, name and time of arrival and departure.
The 14th IBCA World Individual Championships 2019 for blind and visually impaired began on the 6th of April 2019 at Cagliari, Italy. The top four finishers of Indian National A 2019 are participating in the event. Kishan Gangolli, Aryan Joshi, Subhendu Kumar Patra and Krishna Udupa. In the first round Kishan was paired against the only GM in the field, the top seeded Marcin Tazbir. He fought valiantly, but in the end lost the game because of time pressure. Aryan Joshi lost his game to IM Piotr Dukaczewski. Krishna Udupa also lost his game.
दृष्टिहीन मतदाताओं के लिए ब्रेल लिपि में मतपत्र बनाने काम शुरू हो गया है। पहले चरण में पांच राज्यों की 138 लोकसभा सीटों के लिए 14 हजार बैलेट पेपर तैयार किए जा रहे हैं। यह डमी बैलेट पेपर ईवीएम मशीन के साथ दृष्टिहीन मतदाताओं के लिए लगेंगे। देहरादून स्थित राष्ट्रीय दृष्टिबाधित संस्थान(एनआईवीएच) में इन दिनों ब्रेल लिपि के बैलेट पेपर बनाने का काम चल रहा है। उत्तराखंड के साथ ही यूपी, हरियाणा, बिहार और हिमाचल प्रदेश के 139 लोकसभा क्षेत्रों के लिए इन मतपत्रों को तैयार किया जा रहा है। एनआईवीएच निदेशक नचिकेता राउत का कहना है कि जिन लोकसभा क्षेत्रों से ब्रेल लिपि मतपत्रों की मांग आई थी, उन्हें तैयार
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