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Delhi's first all-women bus depot opens at Sarojini Nagar
Hindustan Times
|November 17, 2024
{SAKHI DEPOT} WOMEN DRIVERS DEMAND EQUAL PAY, PROTEST AT INAUGURATION
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The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) inaugurated an all-women bus depot, which will be managed and operated by women, at Sarojini Nagar on Saturday. Officials said that 70 buses-40 air-conditioned (AC) and 30 non-AC will be operated through this depot and will cover 17 routes across Delhi.
The depot will now be called "Sakhi depot" and has a total workforce of 223 women, comprising 89 drivers and 134 conductors.
The female drivers, however, protested at the inauguration event, demanding permanent job opportunities and equal pay as their male colleagues.
The workforce did not let the buses leave the depot till early evening.
Delhi transport minister Kailash Gahlot said that more such women-centric depots will soon be opened in the Capital.
This story is from the November 17, 2024 edition of Hindustan Times.
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