Asia's first lady loco pilot commands Solapur-Mumbai Vande Bharat Express
Darpan News Desk IANS, 13 Mar, 2023 01:28 PM
Mumbai, March 13 (IANS) Asia's first woman loco pilot Surekha Yadav piloted the new Vande Bharat Express from Solapur to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in Mumbai on Monday.
On arrival, Yadav was felicitated at by rail officials at platform No. 8 of CSMT, the World Heritage headquarters of Central Railway.
In her brief speech, Yadav expressed her gratitude to the CR for giving her the honour to pilot the new age, state of the art technology encompassed in the Vande Bharat trains.
The train departed Solapur at the right time and reached CSMT five minutes before time.
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Hailing from Satara in Maharashtra, Surekha Yadav created history by becoming India's first female train driver in 1988.
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