Wednesday, September 25, 2013

[IAC#RG] Moneylife's Indian Railways Grievance Helpline


Making life for Indians on Indian Railways better & safer has been one important part of IAC's efforts. Since IAC does not solicit or raise
money for its various activities, we decided to occasionally highlight similar initiatives which depend on donations for their work. The
Samir Zaveri Railway Helpline for Railway accident victims & passenger issues is one such initiative working to the same purpose which is
supported by Moneylife Foundation.

For example:-
 
80 lakh Mumbaikars travel by train everyday
25 of them meet with an accident 
10-12 of them lose their lives
 
Think about it…about 3,500 or more railway deaths every year in Mumbai alone. Yet, only a few of these make it to the newspapers. Most of them get a tiny mention. Some of us notice them, most don't bother.
 
But one extraordinary individual, who survived such an accident at the age of 16, but at the cost of both his legs, refuses to move on. Or give up.
   
Samir Zaveri, recently confirmed as a Mumbai Hero by a local daily, has devoted his life to helping victims of railways accidents. While he started out wanting to help save lives in the golden hour after an accident, he has ended up building an amazing track record of fighting for medical facilities, compensation and reimbursement as well as innumerable cases of extortion and harassment by railway employees and the police. Much of this has come at great personal cost and risk.

Help Samir!

The success of the Samir Zaveri Helpline depends on your generosity and your willingness to help victims of horrible railway accidents, thefts and such. He needs your monetary assistance to make a big difference in making Mumbai the safest place for travel. Moneylife Foundation is collecting money on Samir's behalf. 

About Samir Zaveri

Samir Zaveri helped bust a fake bail bond racket being run by the railway police at Kurla station to rob migrant workers returning to their home state with savings. They used to arrest these workers and release them on 'bail' after taking away their savings by issuing them a fake bail bond.

Exposing this racket, which received wide media coverage angered the railway police leading false and vindictive cases being filed against Samir Zaveri including murder and kidnapping. He has emerged successful from them.

Samir got the Railways to install medical facilities at Dadar station through an order from the Bombay High Court, which also ordered payments to private hospitals (to ensure that victims are taken to the nearest hospital) and to ambulance services and helpers, in order to ensure they make haste to help.

While there are several passenger associations and activists, Samir has single-handedly done more for Mumbai's 75 lakh railway passengers than anyone else.

You can either help Samir and MoneyLife.

Or, if you choose, then donate.

Here's how. And this is independent of India Against Corruption but at the same time a cause we feel is totally apolitical and keeping in line with our stated objectives.


Donate in India
 
You can donate to us through RTGS/NEFT, 
using the following details:
Organisation: Moneylife Foundation
Bank Account No: 909010039802584
Bank Account Type: Savings Account
Bank Name: Axis Bank Ltd.
Bank Branch: Shivaji Park
Bank Address: 81, Dev Kunj, 
Veer Savarkar Marg, Shivaji Park, 
Dadar (w), Mumbai – 400028.
IFSC Code: UTIB0000341


Foreign Donation
 
Please send your donation to our FCRA Account:
Account Name: MONEYLIFE FOUNDATION
Account Number: 040601000028859
Bank Name: Bank of Baroda
Branch Address: 309, Chandavarkar Road, Matunga (Central RLY), Mumbai-400019, India.
IFSC Code: BARB0CHANDA
MICR Code: 400012046
BIC/SWIFT Code: BARBINBBMAT
 
Please mail them at foundation@moneylife.in – Complete details to trace donations, issue receipts and for proper account maintenance. This is extremely crucial for their audit requirements.

Thank you.


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