Neetha, city’s first lady cab driver

Mysuru :

This is the tale of 35-year-old Neetha, a resident of Hebbal in city, who did her Master’s in Sociology from the Open University in 2006, passed Bank services exams and got a job in a Nationalised bank but became a cab driver in the running. She is now working as a cab driver at OlaCabs, a transport company, for the past one year.

Neetha, who says that circumstances forced her to reject the bank job as it was opposed by her family members, is the daughter of retd. KPTCL employee Madaiah and a native of Malavalli in Mandya district, married to one Raju, an employee at KPTCL and a native of Kundapura.

Neetha, who undertakes about 20 trips a day from 6 am to 7 pm in the TATA Vista (KA-14 B-4761) to take tourists to various tourist spots in and around Mysuru like Chamundi Hill, KRS, Nanjangud, Hunsur, K.R. Nagar, Srirangapatna and T. Narasipur, also enjoys her job as the lone woman cab driver in the city.

Speaking to Star of Mysore, Neetha said that she took to cab driving as she felt that it was better to take up a job which helps her earn some money instead of idling at home, which, she claimed, ensured that she was self-sufficient which should serve as a model for other women who waste their time by just sitting at home.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / June 23rd, 2016