She has become the best friend of women in the city in a matter of months.
She Taxi, a project conceived and implemented by Gender Park under the Department of Social Justice, has proved to be a runaway success in the city prompting the introduction of more cabs under the banner.
At present, eight She Taxis operated by the women for women are running in the city. Five more cabs are likely to be rolled out before the end of the month after completing the paper work at the Motor Vehicles Department.
The drivers of the soon-to-be introduced cabs have been deployed as backup for the existing cabs, facilitating round-the-clock service.
Meanwhile, search is on to deploy more women drivers on reserve.
Gender Park sources said that the service has won over all sections of society making strengthening of the fleet imperative to balance demand and supply.
A costly delay
The bus operator and employees of a bus operating in the Vyttila-Vyttila circular route are all set to stage a satyagraha in front of the former Ernakulam Regional Transport Officer’s house at Kalamassery against his allegedly arbitrary action.
They alleged that the former RTO had recommended the suspension of the bus permit for four days on a very flimsy ground of falling 13 minutes behind the scheduled time.
So, they have decided to stage a satyagraha for those four days from September 14.
Kerala Bus Transport Association has supported the protest stating that the potholed roads and traffic congestion caused by Kochi Metro works warranted a delay of more than 13 minutes.
Promises to keep
For politicians, a year is not long enough to call a promise a failed one.
But when the promise was to construct a bridge within a year, then the prospective beneficiaries are unlikely to take it lightly.
The construction work of the Moolamppilly-Pizhala Bridge was launched by Chief Minister Oomemen Chandy last December with a promise to complete it within a year.
Forget about the bridge, even works towards that end has not gathered momentum with just a couple of years left of the initial deadline.
