MSRTC employs first woman ST driver in Maharashtra

MSRTC employs first woman ST driver in Maharashtra

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Category : State Published on: June 17 2023

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Archana Atram has become the first woman driver of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) as she drove the bus from Saswad to Nira in Pune.
Archana is one of the 100 women ST drivers who were selected for the post by MSRTC.
Their selection was done in 2019 but due to a pandemic their training could not be completed.
A total of 18 of them were undergoing training in the Pune division and 6 have joined the service after competition of training
Archana who hails from Sarkani village of Kinvat, Nanded district registered her name in the history of MSRTC by becoming the first woman ST driver.
The MSRTC had started recruiting women as conductors on the ST buses but the driver post was only reserved for men till now.

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