International Women’s Day: Indian railways put women in the forefront
In a first kind initiative, Indian Railways has deployed an all-women ticket checking staff on Mumbai Central- Ahmedabad Shatabdi Express on Thursday.
This initiative was taken keeping International Women’s Day in mind.
The train left at 06:25 am.
Today, on #WomensDay, delighted to see an all-women crew during my travel. In Railways too, we have deployed ticket checking staff on Mumbai-Ahmedabad Shatabdi Express, an all-women crew in Pune-Baramati Special & at various railway stations including Matunga & Gandhinagar. pic.twitter.com/PqKL8T9lNS
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) March 8, 2018
Indian Railways has taken several other initiatives – the recent one being Maninagar Station in Gujarat, which will be run by an all-women staff on Friday.
Keeping in mind women’s health issues, Mumbai Central-New Delhi Rajdhani Express is set to become India’s first ever train to have a Sanitary Pad Vending Machine onboard.
Moreover, Matunga Railway Station in the Mumbai Division of Central Railway, in January this year, has made it to the Limca Book of Records 2018 for being run exclusively by women staffers.
पश्चिम रेल्वेचा नारी शक्तीला सलाम! All Women staff at Matunga Road Station of WR. Determined & Dedicated. #SheInspiresMe #internationalwomensday2018 <a class="colorbox" href="https://t.co/pnYX8rvxL1" …read more
