Hyderabad, Nov 15
Transgenders will be recruited as volunteers for traffic management and ‘drunk and drive’ checks in Hyderabad.
They will be deployed to manage traffic in bustling areas of Greater Hyderabad in the first phase.
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has asked officials to appoint transgenders as traffic volunteers to address the growing traffic problems in the state.
He suggested that their services be utilised like Home Guards. They will be deployed at traffic intersections and prevent signal jumping and other violations of traffic rules.
The Chief Minister also suggested that the services of transgenders be utilised for drunk and drive checking. As the areas falling under all three commissionerates of Hyderabad, Cyberabad and Rachakonda are witnessing a surge in drunken driving cases, he said that transgenders may be deployed at checking points.
He asked officials to finalise a special dress code for transgenders and also fix the salary at par with the salary of Home Guards.
He wanted officials to implement the decision on an experimental basis at the earliest.