Surekha Yadav, a native of Satara district in western Maharashtra, piloted the Vande Bharat Express train between Solapur station and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in Mumbai on March 13, becoming the first women loco pilot in Asia to run Vande Bharat train.
Currently, Indian Railways has 10 operational Vande Bharat Express trains first of which started from February 15, 2019, between New Delhi and Varanasi.
Highlighting on the progressive path of Indian women, Permanent Representative to the UN Ruchira Kamboj, said it is the best time to be a woman in India