She Autos Scheme

For more than a year, Manisha Ravindra Kohli, a mother of two, has been driving her saffron- coloured auto through the chaotic streets of Thane, an eastern suburb of Mumbai. She lucked out when she was selected for a government scheme that reserves 5% of rickshaw permits for women.

Chaya Mohite slowly turns the accelerator as she carefully edges the salmon-coloured rickshaw forward, one of Mumbai's first female auto drivers to make use of a government scheme aimed at empowering women.

In an attempt to encourage women to take up driving as profession, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today launched the 'She Autos' scheme and distributed 49 CNG-fuelled autos to women drivers at a function in Vijayawada.

For more than a year, Manisha Ravindra Kohli, a mother of two, has been driving her saffron- coloured auto through the chaotic streets of Thane, an eastern suburb of Mumbai. She lucked out when she was selected for a government scheme that reserves 5% of rickshaw permits for women.

Chaya Mohite slowly turns the accelerator as she carefully edges the salmon-coloured rickshaw forward, one of Mumbai's first female auto drivers to make use of a government scheme aimed at empowering women.

In an attempt to encourage women to take up driving as profession, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today launched the 'She Autos' scheme and distributed 49 CNG-fuelled autos to women drivers at a function in Vijayawada.