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Express News Service
KADAPA: Twenty-five-year-old Y Malasri, a homemaker and the mother of two, has become the first woman in Kadapa district to enrol in a heavy vehicle driving training programme organised by the APSRTC. When she drove a bus on the first day of the programme here on Saturday, Malasri surprised her instructors by driving the heavy vehicle with such ease and finesse.
After completing Intermediate and a course in diesel mechanics, Malasri is now pursuing a distance degree course. “When women can drive trains and pilot aircrafts, why can’t they drive buses? Even my husband believes that any knowledge or skill comes handy in one’s life, and he encouraged me to join the course after coming to know of my interest,” she told TNIE.