HMR to organise campaigns on gender equality

March 07, 2014 10:40 pm | Updated May 19, 2016 06:56 am IST - HYDERABAD:

Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd (HMR) and Hyderabad Bicycling Club (HBC) are jointly organising an exclusive women’s cycling event on Saturday from the Gachibowli Bike station (opp. Bio-diversity Park) at 7 a.m. Former chief secretary and member of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) Minnie Mathew will flag off the event.

HMR MD N.V.S. Reddy in a press release stated that women’s safety and empowerment is important part of the social agenda of the project and more awareness campaigns will be organised to sensitise the city towards gender equality. He explained that HMR has incorporated several security features in the project design to provide safetravel for women.

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