Thursday, June 6, 2019

There are a total of 4.75 lakh women competing against 42.82 lakh men to fill up a relatively small number of vacancies.

A file photo of a female locomotive pilot. Image: PTI



New Delhi: Nearly five lakh women candidates are competing to become train drivers, fitters, welders and machinists in the Indian Railways.

The job applications, senior railway ministry officials say, is a sign that women are coming forward in areas that have until now been dominated by men.

Besides this, 98 transgender persons have also applied for loco pilot and technician jobs, for which the recruitment process is in the final stage.

While 27,795 assistant loco pilots (ALP) posts and 36,576 technician jobs are up for grab, there are a total of 4.75 lakh women competing against 42.82 lakh men to fill up railway vacancies.

The maximum number from female applicants are from Bihar (72,817) – who have applied for train driver and technician jobs – followed by Uttar Pradesh (67,831), Andhra Pradesh (47,358), Maharashtra (43,833), Tamil Nadu (39,139), Madhya Pradesh (32,595), Kerala (22,799), West Bengal (21,625) and Rajasthan (21,340).

While there are only 1,965 female candidates from Punjab, 14,416 have come forward from Haryana, 13,944 girls are from Odisha and 19,117 from Telangana. Jharkhand is also not lagging behind, as there are 17,513 women from this state who have applied.

There are 2,393 women candidates from Delhi who have shown interest in becoming train drivers and technicians. Lakshadweep has a lone woman candidate, while four women from Mizoram, 22 from Manipur, 24 from Meghalaya and 11 from Nagaland are in the race.

After a Supreme Court judgement, Indian Railways opened the doors for transgender persons to compete for rail jobs, said a senior railway ministry official.

The initial examination was conducted online and now the Railways is in the process of declaring results to call successful candidates to complete the procedure.

As far as the qualifications are concerned, candidates applying for the posts should have completed Matriculation/SSLC with ITI/Diploma of Engineering and should fulfil the prescribed medical standards for each post.

A train driver’s job has traditionally been seen internally in the Indian Railways as difficult because of the odd working hours.

In recent times, though, the national transporter has tried to improve the working conditions for loco pilots. Officials say that more improvements are required to facilitate better amenities for train drivers, whose work is crucial for the safety of passengers.

Arun Kumar Das is a senior journalist and can be contacted at akdas2005@gmail.com

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