To empower and generate employment for poor and marginalised women,
the GHMC has decided to provide training to  500 women as cab drivers
soon.

GHMC commissioner Somesh Kumar will convene a meeting on
December 26 with a motor driving school, Raksha Motor Driving School,
which provides training for women in driving taxis.

GHMC
officials of Urban Community Development (UCD) wing told Express that a
good number of applications have been  received by the GHMC in the last
few days.

The proposed training would be provided to the candidates till they become proficient in driving.

Women
who applied for cab training will be handpicked from poor and
marginalised sections of the society to enable them to earn their
livelihood. Most number of applications have been received from the
Central Zone followed by East Zone and South Zone. About a dozen women
also hold driving licenses. Besides technical training, the module also
focuses on personal grooming, honing language skills and developing a
feeling of empowerment among the women of marginalised sections.

Even
in technical training the women would be acquainted with the mechanism
of a car and taught to change flat tyres and fix minor problems,
officials said.

GHMC will make efforts for their placements in
companies, call centres, other government departments that require women
cab drivers.