Asia's first woman loco pilot to attend PM Modi's oath ceremony

Surekha Yadav is a trailblazer in the railway industry, who in 1998, became the first woman loco pilot in Asia. In 2021, she made history again as she became the first female loco pilot of the semi-high-speed Vande Bharat Express train. Central Railways confirmed that Yadav will attend the swearing-in ceremony of PM Modi on June 9.