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Allahabad
Railway begins first ever recruitment for women porters Allahabad:
First ever lot of women candidates appeared for the physical aptitude test
conducted by the Railway Recruitment Board at Allahabad on Thursday for the post
of porters. This is the first time that the Allahabad Division of North Central
Railway has included the category of women for the porters' job. Out of the 26
applicants, 18 women appeared for the test to show their physical mettle by carrying
a weight of 25 kilograms to cover 200 metres in 4 minutes. These enthusiastic
women put their best foot forward on the last day of the selection process. Landing
a government job of a porter will be a dream-come-true for these women who come
from economically poor background. "What else can we do sir? We are doing this
out of compulsion," noted Rita, an aspirant for the post of porter at Allahabad.
Another aspirant candidly shared her thoughts by saying if she gets the job of
a porter she will be happy to continue her studies. "My mother died when I was
young. My father raised me. We are from very poor family. I have studied by doing
menial jobs," says Urmila, a hopeful aspirant for the job of a railway porter
at Allahabad. Thousands of applications were received by the RRBA for porter's
job. "The selection process of porters is going on in the Allahabad Division.
We are taking both men and women porters this time. There are only 344 vacancies
but 4,800 people have applied for it," said R D Bajpai, an officer. Those who
get through this selection criteria will be short-listed and as per the merit
list they will be finally engaged by the Indian Railways. Once the selection process
is over, women porters could be a common sight on the platform of Allahabad railway
station, a vocation which hitherto was reckoned to be one of male bastion. -July
30, 2009 Go
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