‘Now, our levels have increased.. we have been given new buggies to drive’: e-carts driven by women launched at SGNP to ferry tourists

With glee on their faces, an empowered set of eight women, all residents of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), who were handed over responsibility to ferry tourists within the national park, took charge of their vehicles on Saturday. “Now, our levels have increased,” said an excited Priti Gore (29), one of the eight woman drivers appointed to drive the e-carts. “We have now been given the responsibility of driving tourists a distance of 5 km all the way up to Kanheri caves. All of us women will support each other and provide the best services to the tourists. Besides ferrying them, we will chit-chat with and also provide information to the tourists,” said Gore, a resident of Ravanpada within SGNP.

The women were trained for the past 1.5 years to drive e-carts within the 2-km perimete