TSM CORRESPONDENT
Chennai, Apr 22:
Most often visually challenged women, who put up shops at railway platforms, are cheated by the buyers. Some errant men who escort them to cross the road are abusing them by tightly holding hands. Insurance agents are humiliating and not ready to provide insurance policies to them by saying that there are many chances for the visually challenged people to get hurt on road. These facts came to light when a group of victimized visually challenged women came together to vent their anger in a discussion session organized by ‘Nandini voice for deprived’ trust in Chennai.
Expressing the oppression with tears, 33-year-old Meenakshi said, “Though I am a graduate and working as a teacher in a government school, the bank staffs are asking me to accompany a person with vision to draw salary from my account. I have been struggling to get a housing loan for the past three years. Blaming on my blindness, no bank is ready to provide me loan.”
Bastha Bibi, a platform dweller, said, “I can identify the rupees note with to its size. When a buyer picked up ten mirrors and other nick-nacks worth Rs.100 and paid Rs.50, I refused to receive the money. He complained that I am charging more and yelled at me in abusive language. When other traders intervened, he returned the stuff and left in huff, she said.
There are several cases where house owners refused to provide rented house only because of our visual impairment claim Malathi and her friends who are postgraduates.
“There is no care taking center for visually challenged single women. If we seek rented houses, the house owners tend to close their doors for no reason. We are living a self-sustainable life, but we are not provided any opportunity for a decent living” she fumed.
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