With Women's day around the corner, the Indian Railways appointed an all-women crew to run Rajya Rani Express train from Bengaluru to Mysuru, on Saturday.
Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal had tweeted about this saying, "Towards Empowering Women: Commemorating the upcoming International Women’s Day, Rajya Rani Express train between Bengaluru & Mysuru was run by an all women crew today. Watch Railways motorwoman expertly navigate the train through the interiors of our nation," along with a video of a woman handling the operations. Here's the video:
Needless to say, Twitterati poured their appreciation with over 16, 000 likes and 3,000 retweets. Here are a few of them:
International Women's Day is celebrated annually on March 8 to focus on women empowerment and the social, political and economic to equality among all the sexes.