CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Rajasthan’s Gandhinagar station becomes first fully women-operated railway station. Gandhinagar Railway Station is the first of its kind in the world which sets an example of Women Empowerment as it is the first railway station operated only by women.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jaipur’s Gandhinagar railway station becomes 1st fully women operated station in country. The Gandhi Nagar railway station in Jaipur, on Monday became the country’s first major railway station to be fully-managed by women.

Detailed explanation-3: -Matunga in Mumbai became the first such station and Gandhi Nagar railway station in Jaipur is the country’s first central railway station to be fully managed by women.

Detailed explanation-4: -Indian Railways’ Gandhi Nagar railway station has become the nation’s first non-suburban station fully run by the women staff. The station falls under the Jaipur division of the North Western Railway (NWR). From station master to pointsman, all the day-to-day operations are being controlled by the women employees.

Detailed explanation-5: -Surekha Yadav née Surekha Shankar Yadav (born 2 September 1965) is a female locopilot (train driver) of the Indian Railways in India, . She became India’s first female train driver in 1988.