The Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) is one of the safest public transport systems in the country, remarked Additional DGP (Women Safety Wing) Swati Lakra on Wednesday, adding that the city police has ensured that QR codes are available within train coaches and at the stations for female passengers to reach out to ‘SHE’ teams in case of any exigency.
Ms Lakra was addressing a gathering after inaugurating the ‘Metro Bazar - Shopping on the Go’ on the Ameerpet metro station premises where women entrepreneurs under the aegis of ‘Women’s ENvision’ (Women Envision Council for Enterpreneurship) have set up around 16 stalls, selling a variety of homemade products such as jute bags, photo frames, saris, apparel and food items among other things, for metro commuters to shop on the go.
The exhibition will be on at the Ameerpet station from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. for 15 days, and will be travel to six other metro stations in phases over the next few days. While the L&T Metro Rail authorities have offered the space for free for the women entrepreneurs’ flea market as part of the corporate social responsibility initiative, HMR managing director N.V.S. Reddy has offered to provide shops and selling spaces within the station or under the station to women entrepreneurs at discounted prices.
