India, Feb. 22 -- Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) has embarked on an initiative to provide free training to women to drive four wheelers and, also, help them get licence. The civic body is targeting around one lakh women.

The initiative is in keeping with PMC's pink budget theme that is aimed at women empowerment. The civic body is designating training institutes that will train and ensure the women get driving licence on completion of their course.

Former municipal commissioner of PMC, Ganesh Deshmukh, had earlier made a provision of Rs.25 lakh for the free training as part of the scheme, to be taken up by the Women and Child Welfare Department.

Municipal commissioner Mangesh Chitale has now taken up the project, with the civic bod...