International Women's Day 2025: Did You Know These Mumbai Metro Stations Are Fully Operated By Women?
Mumbai Metro: The initiative aims to recognise and celebrate the contributions of women in the transportation industry.
International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8 every year to recognise women’s feats, promote women empowerment, and raise awareness about gender equality. In today’s world, women are dominating every walk of life—be it travelling to space or ruling a country. They consistently contribute to making the world a better place through their unwavering gusto, convictions and determination. On this special occasion, let’s acknowledge the women in those metro stations in Mumbai, that are fully operated by ladies.
Akurli on line 2A and Eksar on line 7 were the first all-women stations in the Mumbai Metro. The operations started with a team of 76 women employees, including the station manager and the security staff. Interesting, isn’t it?
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This initiative by Maha Mumbai Metro Operation Corporation Limited (MMMOCL) and Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) aims to recognise and celebrate the contributions of women in the transportation industry. It also promotes gender diversity and inclusivity in the transportation sector.
Not only operations staff, the Mumbai Metro has about 27 percent, meaning about 958 female employees working in fields like maintenance, finance, HR and the admin department, including outsourced staff. The Maha Mumbai Metro is committed to recognising the importance of promoting gender diversity and inclusivity in the workplace and creating a workspace where all employees feel valued and supported, the press note had added.
Now, in an interview with ANI, supervisor customer relation management Shilpa Kailash Ahire shared, “I am working in the commercial department here. I basically handle the revenue and all the customer complaints. I face challenges and try to improve on them. I am proud of my work. I am currently handling four stations. One of them is an all-women station. A lot of ladies face difficulties that they cannot discuss with male staff and have to be handled emotionally."
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Metro Train Operator Nikhita Mahendra Dhanawade, on the other hand, expressed that she felt proud to be a government employee. She stated, “I have been here for the last 5 years. We have a huge role to play as the metro train operator…I am very lucky that I got selected for this work. I joined before COVID. During COVID, we received the training online and offline. We received training in Hyderabad."
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“I am proud of my work and of being a government employee. My responsibility is to transport people to their destination. In case of a medical emergency, we try to provide immediate assistance," the woman employee added.
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