Title - DMRC to HC: Willing to provide prosthetic limbs to Metro mishap victim

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Thursday informed the Delhi High Court that it was willing to provide prosthetic limbs of international quality to a girl who lost her legs in a mishap at Rajiv Chowk Metro Station in 2010.In reply to a query by Justice Rajiv Shakdher, the DMRC said the international-standard prosthetic limbs with silicon padding would be made available to the mishap victim.The DMRC further told the court that it provides three per cent reservation to disabled candidates in jobs and may consider employing the victim if vacancies arise in future. The Indian Railways, which is also a party to the case, sought time to respond to the submission that it may also consider employing the victim. The court then posted the matter for hearing on February 13.Mehjabeen, a journalism student, had on March 26, 2010 she fell on the tracks after being accidentally pushed by a man running on the platform. She and her mother were waiting to board a train. Later, both her legs had to be amputated.Mehjabeen had moved the court in 2010 seeking direction for provision of safety to general public at metro stations including that for ensuring availability of ambulance services at each busy station and a compensation of Rs 50 lakh for her loss. She had also sought a Government job for herself.An NGO had provided her artificial legs enabling her to walk properly seven months after the incident, she said in the plea adding that neither DMRC nor the Centre, however, gave her any job to be self-reliant. Earlier, DMRC had offered Rs 4 lakh compensation to her after the mishap.