Thane Women Auto Drivers

A 25-year-old auto driver was arrested in Maharashtra's Thane on Sunday for allegedly killing a 20-year-old man and raping his girlfriend. The accused first tried to rob the couple and when the 20-year-old resisted the robbery bid, the auto driver shot him dead, said police.

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.

Mumbai: 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. The 45-year-old was one of 19 women who recently started jobs ferrying passengers through the congested streets of the city in their ...

A 25-year-old auto driver was arrested in Maharashtra's Thane on Sunday for allegedly killing a 20-year-old man and raping his girlfriend. The accused first tried to rob the couple and when the 20-year-old resisted the robbery bid, the auto driver shot him dead, said police.

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.

Mumbai: 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. The 45-year-old was one of 19 women who recently started jobs ferrying passengers through the congested streets of the city in their ...