Ranchi: An all Women’s team of the railways drove Train number 08689 Ranchi – Tori MEMU train was on the occasion of International Women’s Day.
As part of the celebrations by the Ranchi Railway Division, the train was flagged off by Divisional Railway Manager Pradeep Gupta, SERWO Ranchi President Priyamvada Gupta and other women personnel from Ranchi station.
Speaking on the occasion, the Divisional Railway Manager said that today women are setting an example in every field and have been walking step by step with men. He said that in various departments of Ranchi Railway Division, women employees are performing their tasks with great ease and the number of women employees is also increasing continuously. The Ranchi-Tori MEMU train was operated by Loco Pilot Deepali Amrit and Assistant Loco Pilot Savita Kindo.
The other members in the team included Passenger Train Manager Neeta Kumari, Malti Kujur and her team of four women personnel to check the tickets of passengers and trains. The safety of the passengers was looked at by Chandrani Biswas of Railway Protection Force and her team of five women personnel. Along with this, all the work at Ranchi Railway Station today was conducted by women personnel of different departments including train operations, booking office, mechanical department, medical department, sweeper and level crossing gate were also conducted by women.