A driver’s licence test for heavy and light motor vehicles will follow.
Among the trainees is Aruna Sharma, a 37-year-old mother of two girls, who works as a janitor in a school in Palam. She has taken a day’s leave to turn up for the training but is worried about the long hours. She cannot afford to let go of her school job but desires to train as a driver to better her lot.
Sharma, for instance, makes Rs 8,000 a month working at the school. As a driver, she hopes to make almost double that amount – as indicated to her by some people at IDTR.
Saritha works seven hours a day as a contract driver with DTC and earns Rs 16,000 a month. For many of the aspiring women drivers here, she’s a role model they hope to emulate.
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