Hyderabad's Indira Eegalapati, who is among the few women loco pilots associated with the Riyadh Metro and currently running trial trains, said she never faced any challenge as a woman in this profession.
The railway minister added that when pilots complete a trip, they come to the running room for rest if they are out of headquarters. Before 2014, running rooms were in very bad shape.
During a meeting with loco pilots at New Delhi railway station, Rahul Gandhi promised to address their grievances about understaffing and inadequate rest, which contribute to railway safety issues.
Surekha Yadav, who is originally from Satara district in Maharashtra, is also the first woman train driver in India who started her career in 1988.
"I have seen rumours being spread about overriding of signals and speed. But, these are just rumours. Both the drivers said they moved the train after getting a green signal and were moving at a speed of 128 km per hour," said the railway official.
The goods train was stationed in a loop line beside the tracks through which the Coromandel Express was passing when it got derailed and some of its coaches fell on it.
Chandrashekhar, 31, was rescued after eight-hour long operation from the mangled motorman cabin of MMTS which had rammed into Kurnool City-Secunderabad Hundry Intercity Express at Kacheguda railway station here on November 11, injuring 16 passengers.
The Lingampalli-Falaknuma multi-modal transport system (MMTS) apparently overshot the signal and collided with the Kurnool-Secunderabad Hundry Intercity Express (17028) at 10.41 am on Monday, leaving 17 people, including Chandrasekhar injured
Nearly 48 lakh candidates are set to appear for the first set of computer-based tests for the 66,502 vacancies of assistant loco pilots (ALP) and technicians to be held on Thursday.
New Delhi: Two people on Sunday were arrested for allegedly being involved in the Railway Board Exam question paper leak case.The Special Task Force(STF) of Lucknow Police arrested the accused with answer-sheets 90 minutes before
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