To commemorate International Women's Day, an all-female crew special train was inaugurated from Visakhapatnam to Rayagada by Parijata Satpathy, the President of East Coast Railway Women's Welfare Organization (ECoRWWO), Waltair Division. The flagging-off ceremony was attended by Vice Presidents of ECoRWWO, Kavita Gupta and Secretary Priyanka Sridevi, along with other executive members of ECoRWWO. The Waltair Division has always been at the forefront of women's empowerment by engaging them in various roles such as track maintenance, train operations, route relay interlocking, train managers, loco pilots, ticket checking, and office duties. The team consisted of three women who drove the goods train, including loco pilot Smt Sahana Kumari, Assistant Loco Pilot Ms K.Nagamani, and Train Manager Smt M.Kalyanni. The four ticket checking staff were Smt S. Ambili, Smt G.Atchutamba, Smt K.Santoshi Rao, and Smt D Radha. The Divisional Railway Manager, Shri Anup Satpathy, congratulated the entire women's team of Waltair Division on their achievement and expressed anticipation for more such landmark
