Transgenders earn dignified living through Jyothirgamayee Canteen

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Transgender individuals astatine  'Jyothirgamayee Canteen' astatine  Women's Police Station successful  Visakhapatnam connected  Tuesday.

Transgender individuals astatine 'Jyothirgamayee Canteen' astatine Women's Police Station successful Visakhapatnam connected Tuesday. | Photo Credit: V. RAJU

In a first-of-its-kind inaugural nether ‘Operation Jyothirgamayee’, the metropolis police, successful collaboration with the Nee Thodu Society (NTS), person provided a caller lease of beingness to transgender persons by enabling them to tally the ‘Jyothirgamayee Canteen’ wrong the Women Police Station, which witnesses a precocious regular footfall of complainants.

A radical of 4 transgender persons is managing the canteen, serving tea, coffee, meals and evening snacks to visitors and staff. The installation was inaugurated by Commissioner of Police Shankabrata Bagchi past week and has since been receiving a affirmative response. Around 30 to 40 radical are opting for meals successful the day each day.

Published - April 07, 2026 08:07 p.m. IST

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