In its reply to the RTI query filed by Jitendra Karelia, president of Disability Advocacy Group (DAG), asking the railway authorities to explain the term ‘advanced stage of pregnancy’, the reply stated: “While it is not mandatory to carry treatment papers, but in case of being challenged by handicapped passengers travelling in the handicapped coach or intending to board the same coach, any railway authority like TC, TTE, RPF inspectors or station master may demand some evidence from the pregnant woman commuter.”

Prove it: As per the railways, pregnant women travelling in compartments reserved for handicapped passengers will have to furnish a ‘pregnancy’ certificate. File pic