Meet Vankadarath Saritha the first woman bus driver in India’s capital Delhi.
BBC reported that Saritha “has worked as a private chauffeur, took the wheel of bus number 543 accompanied by much public interest.”
Although other states have had women drivers, this is the first time capital has hired a woman to drive a Delhi Transport Corporation bus.
Saritha, 30, is from the southern state of Telangana took up driving to support her family.
“We are five sisters. I first learnt to drive an auto rickshaw and then drove a van for a college, before driving a bus.”
She still intends on helping her family and according to a BBC correspondent, “Passengers seemed happy to see a woman bus driver – many came forward to take a good look at her, while others started taking her photos on their mobile phone cameras. ”
Some passengers expressed gratitude, “some of the passengers called out: “Thank you, madam.”
