Inspirational: Mother of 2 becomes e-rickshaw driver to support family in Jammu
    Aman Zutshi
Women’s are now trailblazing many things in every sphere and now another woman, who is also homemaker goes on to break the gender stereotype to drive an e-rickshaw in Jammu.
Jammu:Â She is Ranjit Kour an e-rickshaw driver and , a mother, who has been driving the e-rickshaw in Jammu’s Kunjwani area from some months and has attracted much attention because being a woman driver has not yet become a norm in Jammu, but this is just a begining.
Responding to the media, Mrs Ranjit Kour, said, “I can drive anything expect an aeroplane and I hail from Kunjwani and my in-laws, two kids and my husband are living with me”.
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“I took up this job because there was less work and I thought if I earn extra it will support my family. My husband is also a driver”, Kour said.
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“After work I manage to spend some time with my kids. Earlier, I only used to drop our kids to tuitions”, Kour added.
“During the pandemic work suffered alot and now things are okay. We have divided the house hold expenditure. Sukhwinder Singh, my husband has said that my work is good and he is very supportive”, Kour asserted.
“The other e-rickshaw operators sometimes opposes me, but one has to work & I have no shame in it”, she said.
“My driving route is Kunjwani-Sehora and women passengers feel glad when they see me. After doing my daily chores I drive this e-rickshaw”, she remarked.
“I can also teach driving to other women it can help them earn income and learned driving from my husband, once he went to leh and I also assisted him in driving there”, she said.
“I have driven a truck in Leh also and use to drop my kids to the school in the morning and also use to bring them from the school”, Kour said.
“Driving this e-rickshaw never makes me tired and nobody says me anything, people call me a ‘lioness’ and take selfies with me”, she told media.
