Bhubaneswar: Suprabha Jena and Subhadarshini Jena solves gender inequality and sitting in a heavy vehicle driver seat.
Not only the two sisters, but many of them have appeared at the Heavy Vehicle Driver Training Institute (HMV) managed by the government in Chhatia in Jajpur District to accelerate their economic empowerment.
The institute’s authority said women’s registration continued to increase.
At least 60 women have been trained on HMV driving in three to four years.
A joint venture between the state government and Ashok Leyland, the Institute sponsored 30 days of HMV housing driving training for people in the state.
The Institute has been operating in 44 hectares of land since March 2013.
Every year more than 5,000 people are trained at the Institute.
Food, accommodation and SIM are provided free for trainees.
In addition, every trainee received RS 3,000 compensation or losing wages after the end of 30 days of training.
Most trainees landed work at the end of the training.
“I have a tendency to drive a bus.
When I decided to learn driving skills, my friends and relatives frowned my forehead and said driving basically was male work.
But my family supports me.
Seeing my interest, my sister also joined me for Learn to drive, “Suprabha said.
At present, five women learn driving skills at the Institute.
“We have received encouragement from the institute’s authority.
They have trust in us,” said Subhadarshini.
The Institute provides livelihood support and work placement to the driver of the trainees.
While around 10,400 people have so far been trained in the last eight years, more than 1,000 have received drivers’ jobs at the Odisha police, central forces and other government departments.
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