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Watch: This petrol pump in Chennai is operated entirely by female inmates of Puzhal prison

Thirty women still serving their terms in the Puzhal jail have been selected to run the outlet under the state prisons department’s rehabilitation programme.

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Freedom Filling Station - India’s first petrol retail outlet fully managed by women convicts inaugurated in #Chennai #TamilNadu 30 women inmates of #Puzhal prison employed, will get Rs 6000 each as monthly salary. Initiative of TN Prison Dept pic.twitter.com/CxDwGiz9z0
— Vijay Kumar S (@vijaythehindu) August 10, 2023

India's first petrol bunk which is being operated by women convicts commenced its services near Central Prison, Puzhal in Chennai. @THChennai pic.twitter.com/QInasaD88h
— R SIVARAMAN (@SIVARAMAN74) August 10, 2023

— DT Next (@dt_next) August 10, 2023

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