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Why ladies special trains and women-only buses don’t work
Updated On: 22 July, 2021 08:21 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
A hard-hitting report submitted to govt says women are not consulted before such decisions are taken, seeks gender-sensitive public transport
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BEST’s ladies special buses, Tejaswini, were opened for men after they got no response from women. File pic
Ladies special public transport facilities and services are launched without consultation with women, making them useless — said a report on women and public transport infrastructure, presented to the state Minister for Women & Child Development Yashomati Thakur last week. The report highlighted the need to consult women commuters, not force amenities on them.
Pune-based organisation Parisar for Sustainable Urban Mobility Network (SUM Net) presented Thakur with the report which documents women’s dependency on public transport, problems faced while using buses and recommendations to make bus-based public transport gender-responsive and gender-sensitive.
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