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Posted: Jul 08 2016 (22:37)
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Last Response: Jul 09 2016 (07:55)
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Breaking the myth that women can’t do strenuous jobs as men, 51-year-old Surekha Yadav became India’s, to be precise, Asia’s first female train driver, that too almost three decades ago in 1988.
She was the first driver of ‘Ladies Special’ local train that Central Railways introduced when Mamata Banerjee was the Railway Minister, in April 2000. However, her greatest achievement came on 8 March 2011. On International Women’s day, she drove Deccan Queen from Pune to CST, through difficult yet a scenic topography.
Yadav was selected and joined the Central Railway as a...
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She was the first driver of ‘Ladies Special’ local train that Central Railways introduced when Mamata Banerjee was the Railway Minister, in April 2000. However, her greatest achievement came on 8 March 2011. On International Women’s day, she drove Deccan Queen from Pune to CST, through difficult yet a scenic topography.
Yadav was selected and joined the Central Railway as a...
more...
1 Public Posts - Fri Jul 08, 2016
Salute, people sadly don't struggle this much in this generation.