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March 08, 2025

THE Coimbatore division of TNSTC comprises Coimbatore, Nilgiris, Tiruppur, and Erode districts and has 5,873 conductors. The grim fact is out of them only two are women, one of whom joined a month ago.

- N DHAMOTHARAN @Coimbatore

Buela T alias Sumathi from Sungam in Coimbatore has been in service for over a decade, and is TNSTC's first woman conductor in Coimbatore district. Suganya K, who joined in January 2025 on compassionate grounds after her husband's death, is the first woman conductor in Nilgiris district. Both are assigned duty from 12.00 pm - 10.45 pm and 5.40 am - 12.00 pm.

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