First woman goods train guard makes maiden trip

Updated - August 05, 2016 12:15 am IST - VISAKHAPATNAM:

UH Lakshmi going on her maiden trip as Goods Guard from Visakhapatnam.

UH Lakshmi going on her maiden trip as Goods Guard from Visakhapatnam.

U.H. Lakshmi has made history by becoming the first woman goods train guard in Waltair Division.

She assumed charge by taking her first trip from the marshalling yard here to Rayagada in Odisha. Ms. Lakshmi was appointed a trains clerk in Waltair Division on compassionate grounds in 2011 after the death of her husband.

She qualified for the post of goods guard after passing the departmental examination and later underwent training at the Zonal Railway Institute at Sini in Jharkhand from November, 2015, according to Senior Divisional Commercial Manager M. Yelvender Yadav.

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