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A welcome relief for women tourists
A welcome relief for women tourists
ByY Maheswara ReddyY Maheswara Reddy / Updated: Mar 13, 2021, 06:00 IST
An old KSRTC bus was converted into a women’s rest room last year with several facilities
Mobile washrooms made from old buses with 3 Indian, 2 Western toilets, feeding and diaper-changing room, napkin-vending machine to be put at tourist spots
The
Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (
KSRTC) on Women’s Day handed over a Sthree Toilet a mobile toilet built from an old bus to the Karnataka State
Tourism Development Corporation (
KSTDC).
“The Sthree Toilet was built at the KSRTC Workshop, Kengeri recently. The bus was converted into a women’s toilet. The toilet will have a bathroom with a shower for the benefit of women. KSTDC chairperson Shruthi Krishna has also made some suggestions to improve the Sthree Toilet,’’ said KSRTC
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AAA The three-day annual urs at Sri Guru Dattatreya Bababudan Swami Dargah in Chikkamagaluru taluk will be held between March 29 and 31.
Chikkamagaluru Deputy Commissioner K.N. Ramesh on Wednesday held a meeting with district officials to discuss the preparations for the event. He directed the officials to ensure basic amenities, such as drinking water, transport, and a temporary shed facility, for the devotees participating in the urs. He said the road to the shrine, Manikyadhara and Galikere should be repaired. Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation officials were directed to ensure transport facilities for the devotees. Officials of the Health and Family Welfare Department were told to ensure an ambulance and emergency health facility at the shrine.
One wonders why this discrimination comes up regularly in respect of women.
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Andhra Pradesh High Court. (File Image)
The judiciary often comes in for criticism for its patriarchal attitudes, justifiably so. Nonetheless, it is also a fact that the same institution, more often than not, serves to remind us of anachronistic beliefs that are entrenched in the collective psyche of society and initiates course correction. Several progressive judgments bear testimony to this, the latest being one delivered by the Andhra Pradesh High Court.
While disposing of a petition filed by a married woman seeking the job of her father, who died in harness, on compassionate grounds, the court found fault with a circular issued by the State Road Transport Corporation that made a married daughter ineligible for such a benefit. An unmarried daughter or a married or unmarried son was eligible. Terming the evident bias unconstitutional, the court ruled that a daughter co