Hyderabad: Telangana sarkar ne 33% reservation quota ke tahat khali RTC driver posts ko bharne ke liye women RTC driver training programme ka aaghaz kar diya hai. Is initiative ke zariye eligible women candidates ko free heavy vehicle driving training di ja rahi hai taake unhein recruitment ke liye tayar kiya ja sake.
Ab tak kai driver posts aurton ke liye reserve hone ke bawajood khaali reh gayi hain, jiska sabab training aur infrastructure ki kami thi. Ab government ne Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP) aur voluntary group MEWO ke saath partnership ki hai taake is barrier ko khatam kiya ja sake.
Ye training Hakeempet aur Sircilla mein di ja rahi hai, jisme tamaam expenses sarkar uthayegi. Officials ke mutabiq, jo women is course ko complete karengi, unhein Telangana State RTC mein driver ke tor par recruit kiya jaayega. Jo candidates RTC mein recruit nahi ho paayengi unhein IT campuses mein bus drivers ke tor par place kiya ja sakta hai.
RTC mein already kai women important roles mein kaam kar rahi hain jaise ke conductors aur regional managers in Hyderabad, Secunderabad, aur Ranga Reddy. Lekin, 15,000 regular driver posts mein sirf chand hi women drivers hain. Naya training programme isi imbalance ko address karne ke liye design kiya gaya hai.
Authorities ka kehna hai ke women drivers na sirf passenger safety ko behtar banayengi balki public transport ka mahaul bhi zyada secure hoga.
