Women Friendly Waiting Shelters coming up in Thiruvananthapuram
Women bus passengers in Thiruvananthapuram can finally sigh in relief. The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has stated that it will take measures to see that women passengers in the state have a comfortable bus travel. The corporation has said that they will construct ‘Women Friendly Waiting Shelters‘ in all its bus-stations across the state. As a part of the measures taken in this scheme, the corporation will construct seats and toilet facilities for ladies in each waiting shelter, along with these measures, women police will also be stationed near the bus stops.
Some ten lakh women commuters travel through the buses across the state. However there is no special facilities provided for women in general. The initiative undertaken will come under the ‘Gender sensitive scheme’ of KSRTC. The KSRTC has implemented various schemes in the recent years which includes m-governance, which enables passengers to get bus time-table through SMS and the introduction of GPS ( Global Positioning System) based IT enabled systems to enhance productivity.
Source: The Times of India
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