Publish Date: | Sat, 05 Mar 2022 02:02 PM (IST)
Womens Day 2022 Indore, New Dunia Rep. Many innovations are being done to make women financially self-reliant in Indore district. A special campaign is also being run to connect women with economic and employment oriented activities. On the one hand, women are being given financial help by connecting them with self-help groups, while on the other hand they are also being trained in driving. After getting training in driving, women are working as drivers. Auto rickshaws are also being provided to them by giving them financial help. This campaign has been a huge success in the district.
Anil Sharma, in-charge of Women Driving Training Institute, said that this is helping in providing employment to a large number of women. After training, women have got a better source of income. Along with their living, a big help is also being given in the direction of improving the future of the children. Government Driver Training Institute is being run to train women in driving. In this, women are specially being trained in driving. The process of training was started from last year. A total of 160 women have been trained so far.
There have been four sessions of training. In the first session, 50 women, 44 in the second, 36 in the third and 30 in the fourth session were trained to drive light motor vehicles. Out of these 11 selected women were provided auto rickshaws by giving financial help. On the other hand, seven women also got job of driving vehicles in different companies. The women who got the job include Mamta Pal, Bhagyashree Boochde, Sapna Chauhan, Radhika Rana, Manisha Pal. Similarly, Pooja Sharma and Afreen Khan have got jobs in another company. Apart from these, e-auto rickshaws have been made available to 11 women by giving financial help.
This has given them a regular source of income. A new knock of happiness has come in everyone’s life. All the employed women are happy and are also optimistic about the bright future. All of them have also expressed their gratitude towards the administration and said that we have got a new way of living. Now we are moving fast towards economic self-reliance.
Posted By: Sameer Deshpande