UP is emerging as a model state for women\u2019s safety; villages are transforming through the \u2018Safe Mobility\u2019 initiative<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The program has begun in five districts including Ayodhya; the facility will soon be available in eight more districts including Lucknow and Prayagraj<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The journey of girls and women to schools and workplaces will become extremely safe<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Initially, 1,000 e-rickshaws will be provided to women from self-help groups, after which the initiative will be expanded across the entire state<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lucknow, April 2026 : <\/strong>In a major step towards enhancing women\u2019s safety and empowerment in Uttar Pradesh, Yogi government has launched another significant initiative. Under the \u2018Safe Mobility Program\u2019, an army of women e-rickshaw pilots is being prepared across the state so that girls and women can access safe, convenient, and dignified transportation to schools, workplaces, and other essential destinations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Under the scheme, 1,000 e-rickshaws are initially being provided to women belonging to self-help groups. The service has already been launched in Ayodhya, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Kaushambi, and Jhansi, while it will soon begin in Lucknow, Prayagraj, Mirzapur, Bhadohi, Sonbhadra, Deoria, Lakhimpur Kheri, and Sitapur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This initiative of Yogi government is particularly significant because it is directly linked to women\u2019s safety. In rural areas, e-rickshaw services operated by women drivers are emerging as an effective solution for ensuring safer travel for women and girls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The program, being implemented under the Uttar Pradesh State Rural Livelihood Mission with technical support from Development Alternatives, has already delivered encouraging results. In five districts, 119 women have been provided e-rickshaws and turned into entrepreneurs. Additionally, 629 women have been trained to operate the vehicles, and 244 women have been issued driving licenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Women associated with this initiative are not only driving vehicles but are also becoming the economic backbone of their families. Their average annual income has crossed \u20b93 lakh, further strengthening the success of this model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The impact of \u2018Safe Mobility\u2019 is not limited to roads alone. It will make it easier for girls to reach schools, ensure safer travel for working women, create new employment opportunities in villages, and enable women from self-help groups to set new examples of self-reliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By simultaneously addressing women\u2019s safety, dignified transportation, and self-employment, this initiative is giving Uttar Pradesh a new identity. As a result, the state is increasingly emerging as a model state for women\u2019s safety, and this new fleet of women e-rickshaw pilots is set to transform the socio-economic landscape of rural areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" UP is emerging as a model state for women\u2019s safety; villages are transforming through the \u2018Safe Mobility\u2019 initiative The program has begun in five districts including Ayodhya; the facility will soon be available in eight more districts including Lucknow and Prayagraj The journey of girls and women to schools and workplaces will become extremely safe …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":113445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[142],"tags":[143],"post_format":[],"flags":[],"class_list":["post-113444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state","tag-state"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=113444"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113446,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113444\/revisions\/113446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/113445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=113444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=113444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=113444"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_format&post=113444"},{"taxonomy":"flags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mavericknews30.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fflags&post=113444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}