Hyderabad, June 15 -- Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) welcomed its first female bus driver on Saturday, June 14, making it a momentous milestone in the state's public transport sector.

Vankudothu Saritha, a tribal woman hailing from Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri district, was appointed to the Miryalaguda bus depot. She drives an electric JBM bus on the Hyderabad- Miryalaguda route.

India's first RTC bus driver

Saritha previously served as a driver for the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) for ten years, where she was posted at the Sarojni Nagar bus depot. By securing her job at the DTC, she made history as India's first female bus driver in a state-run corporation.

However, Saritha wanted to be closer to her family and wishe...