Breaking Barriers in Mining: L&T's All-Women Team Makes History

An all-women team from Larsen & Toubro's construction and mining machinery division has successfully commissioned a 100-tonne dump truck at Tata Steel's iron ore mine in Jharkhand. The significant event underscores women empowerment by involving women in both construction and operation roles.

This remarkable achievement was ceremonially marked on August 18 when the dump truck was handed over to an all-women operator crew at Tata Steel's Noamundi mine. The initiative has set a precedent in an industry traditionally dominated by men, with women engineers initially preparing the machine.

Arvind K Garg, an advisor to L&T's CMD, emphasized the impact of this development, saying it represents more than just the commissioning of large machinery but a transformative shift in the mining sector's gender dynamics.

(With inputs from agencies.)