In A First, Western Railways Runs A Freight Train With An All-Female Guard And Crew
When Loco Pilot Kumkum Nagendra, Assistant Loco Pilot Udita Verma and Goods Guard Aakanksha Ray took charge of train number TVSG/MB 28764 on Tuesday, they created history. The trio became the first-ever all-women crew to run a freight train in the history of Indian Railways.
When Loco Pilot Kumkum Nagendra, Assistant Loco Pilot Udita Verma and Goods Guard Aakanksha Ray took charge of train number TVSG/MB 28764 on Tuesday, they created history.
The trio became the first-ever all-women crew to run a freight train in the history of Indian Railways.
Western Railways
"Prepared for any task, ready to accomplish! A freight train was run with all Women Crew ie lady Loco Pilot, Astt Loco Pilot & Guard from Vasai Road to Vadodara on WR on 5th January, 2021." the Western Railways said in a tweet.
Progressive step
"One more step towards gender equality and women empowerment: Today Mumbai Central Div of Western Railway created history by running a freight train (TVSG/MB 28764) with all-female guard and crew from Vasai Rd. till Vadodara," Vineet Abhishek, Senior Divisional Operations Manager -Mumbai Central Division of Western Railways said in a tweet.
One more step towards gender equality and women empowerment:
¡ª Vineet Abhishek, IRTS (@vabhis) January 5, 2021
Today Mumbai Central Div of Western Railway created history by running a freight train (TVSG/MB 28764) with all-female guard and crew from Vasai Rd. till Vadodara.@drmbct @WesternRly @RailMinIndia @PiyushGoyalOffc pic.twitter.com/4UW4eHXG42
This comes as the Indian Railways is constantly increasing the number of women in its workforce.
There are more than 13 lakh railway workers employed in the Indian Railways, out of which there are more than one lakh women.
Several first, including women loco pilots and all-women railway stations, have been initiated in recent years to encourage more women presence in the railways.
Bobins Abraham is the Assistant News Editor at Indiatimes. He has more than twelve years of experience in TV and digital journalism. An avid student of history and geopolitics, he is a conservationist and environmentalist at heart. He writes on environment, sustainability, human-animal conflict and more.
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