Rly stn in Kanpur to have all women staff from today

KANPUR: On International Women’s Day on Thursday, Govindpuri Railway station in Kanpur will become the first station of the state to have allwomen staff, said a railway official.

At present, only one fullfledged railway station —Gandhinagar in Jaipur — is being managed exclusively by women staff. About 20 female officers are posted there.

In addition, a local railway station of Matunga in Mumbai has all women staff.

“The women will be posted in all departments like administrative, commercial operating, GRP and RPF. The number of women staff required for running the station has been worked out and they will be handed over their respective charges tomorrow,” said chief traffic manager (CTM) Dr Jitendra Kumar.

The CTM said for security reasons a mahila thana has also been set up at the station.

Besides, a sanitary napkins vending machine would be installed in the women waiting room at the Central Railway station soon.

The napkins could be bought on a payment of ₹5, he added.

Also, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) would post at least one women employee at all the seven toll plazas falling under Kanpur from Thursday.

The project director of the NHAI, PL Chaudhari, said in the first phase the woman staff would be posted only at the toll plazas adjacent to cities.

“If the experiment succeeds

women employees would be posted at all the toll plazas within next three months,” he added.