Women take the driver's seat to power Thar electricity project
The area of Islam Kot located in Thar now houses a coal power project that includes women drivers. Photo: Dunya News
(Dunya News) - The courageous women drivers of Thar have taken up the driving seats of dumpers of a coal-based power project in the area.
Present at the event to witness this was Pakistan Peoples Party’s chairman Bilawal Bhutto, who was exuberant to see the confidence exhibited by the women drivers, driving dumpers all across the desert of Thar.
PPP s chairman Bilawal Bhutto sits next to woman driving dumper in Thar. Photo: Dunya News
The area of Islam Kot located in Thar now houses a coal power project that includes women drivers who not only would work to end the acute power shortage in Thar, but also in Pakistan.
“Women can do everything. If they can do household chores, they can also drive dumpers,” said one of the women drivers.
Women drivers say they can do everything; if they can do household chores, they can also drive dumpers. Photo: Dunya News
Employed on Rs 25,000 salary, the same as their husband or brother employed in the project, the aim is to provide self-sustenance to the local women, and to portray a positive image of Pakistan says the project coordinator.
By the end of the year, the Thar coal project is expected to produce electricity – something in which the Thari women would have played a role.
For more on this, watch a report by Dunya News below.
