Vishakhapatnam: Visakhapatnam – Rayagada special train was inaugurated on Wednesday at Visakhapatnam with an all-female crew. On the occasion of International Women’s Day,  the President of East Coast Railway Women’s Welfare Organization (ECoRWWO) Parijata Satpathy, Waltair Division organized this event.

The flagging-off ceremony was attended by Vice Presidents of ECoRWWO, Kavita Gupta and Secretary Priyanka Sridevi, along with other executive members of ECoRWWO.

The Waltair Division has always been at the forefront of women’s empowerment by engaging them in various roles such as track maintenance, train operations, route relay interlocking, train managers, loco pilots, ticket checking, and office duties.

The team consisted of three women who drove the goods train, including loco pilot Smt. Sahana Kumari, Assistant Loco Pilot Ms K.Nagamani, and Train Manager Smt M.Kalyanni. The four ticket checking staff was Smt S. Ambili, Smt G.Atchutamba, Smt K.Santoshi Rao, and Smt D Radha.

The DRM Anup Satpathy, congratulated the entire women’s team of Waltair Division on their achievement and expressed anticipation for more such landmark events from the Nari Shakthi.