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On the heels of the Pink Bus Scheme, the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) has launched a ‘pink crew’, wherever operations connected a way volition beryllium handled by an all-woman crew. Under the Pink Bus Scheme, women are allowed to question for escaped connected mean buses.
The MTC launched the ‘pink crew’ work connected 2 routes from the Vyasarpadi depot, from wherever electrical buses are operated. A elder MTC authoritative said the all-woman unit would grip way no. 57CT (Vyasarpadi Depot to Vallalar Nagar and Mint Terminus) and way no. 57 (Vallalar Nagar to Mint Terminus and Red Hills Bus Terminus). The archetypal all-woman autobus unit has U. Manikavalli astatine the instrumentality and M. Eshwari arsenic the conductor.
The authoritative said the thought to person all-woman crews was mooted by MTC Managing Director T. Prabhushankar arsenic portion of promoting the information and enactment of women successful nationalist transport. He said that astatine present, the all-woman unit had been launched for electrical autobus services operated by OHM Global Mobility, a subsidiary of Ashok Leyland nether a gross outgo contract. In this model, the operator is posted by the backstage contractor, portion the conductor is deputed by the MTC.
The MTC authoritative added that successful the future, determination were plans to grow the all-woman unit to much routes; and 4 women drivers, who were undergoing training, would soon articulation the rolls. The MTC has a full of 75 women conductors, the authoritative added.
M. Ashok, a nonmigratory of Pattalam adjacent Mint, said the all-woman unit was a invited determination arsenic women conductors were respectful towards commuters and women drivers had amended adherence to postulation rules.
