M. Vanithashree, loco pilot, gets ready to shunt the locomotive at Mangaluru Junction Railway Station on Wednesday. As many as 17,673 posts of assistant loco pilots (ALPs), the entry-level post, would be filled during the drive. Though there is no reservation for women in railway recruitment, neither is there any discrimination, said Bengaluru RRB Chairman B. Kasiviswanathan. All-woman crewSouth Western Railway, which has four women loco pilots and seven assistant loco pilots, will operate the Bengaluru–Patna Sangamitra Express with an all-woman crew on Thursday. Bengaluru Division will turn Banaswadi railway station into an all-woman managed station from Thursday.

Source: The Hindu March 07, 2018 20:26 UTC