'Pink Cabs' To Ensure Safer Travel For Women

In a first for Jammu and Kashmir, the district administration in Rajouri in association with the Motor Vehicle Department launched pink vehicles on International Girl Child Day in order to provide a safe and dignified travel experience to women. To start with, there will be six such vehicles. The vans – Mahindra Supro’s – are exclusively for women.

Speaking on the occasion, District Development Commissioner Mohammad Aijaz Asad said that the pink vehicles have especially been launched for women and girl students, in an attempt to provide a sense of dignified traveling to women. “Transport department conducted a survey in which it found out that girl students were facing problems in commuting due to overcrowded public transport vehicles. So keeping that in mind we launched these vehicles. This initiative is intrinsic for the empowerment of girl child,” Mr Asad said.

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