1,000 driver and 743 shramik posts open; online applications from Oct 8

xNizamabad, Medak: The Telangana Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) is preparing to appoint women as bus drivers. After a long gap, the RTC has announced its plans to recruit 1,000 drivers and 743 shramiks, including mechanics, fitters, electricians, painters, welders and others, across all regional offices.

In June this year, Deccan Chronicle had reported that the RTC had recruited V. Saritha as its first woman driver. She was to drive an electric super luxury bus between Miryalaguda and Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station in Hyderabad. She secured her licence from the city and operated buses in Delhi for a decade before returning to Telangana.

The RTC first appointed women conductors in 1995, when the then Andhra Prades

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