Young woman steers Chennai’s first metro train
Steered by a young woman driver, the first train of the Chennai Metro rail chugged off from Alandur Station an hour after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa e-launched the service via video conferencing on Monday.
The first train which left at 12.15 pm from Alandur to Koyambedu was driven by A Preethi, a 28-year-old diploma holder in engineering from Government Dharmambal Polytechnic College, Chennai.
"I am excited, my daughter's dream of becoming a loco pilot of Metro Rail has come true," Preethi's father R Anbu told PTI.
He explained how his daughter was chasing her dream of becoming a loco pilot after the Metro rail project began taking shape.
"She quit her first job, applied for a job in Chennai Metro rail, and she was the first woman to get selected," he said with joy.
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