Overview
- CRUT selected 20 women holding Heavy Motor Vehicle licences to join the Ama Bus city service.
- The group flew from Bhubaneswar on Saturday after a formal send-off by Urban Development Minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra and Transport Secretary Usha Padhee.
- The programme runs February 2–15 at the OEM facility and focuses on hands-on EV handling, safety protocols, passenger management, and real-world driving in Pune traffic.
- Trainees are scheduled to return on February 17 before being posted on Bhubaneswar routes.
- Officials cast the effort as a workforce inclusion and transit expansion push, with additional services such as a Subhadra bus plan under consideration.