Sanitary pad vending machine at Patna junction

Patna: Bihar government is all set to install sanitary pad vending machine at Patna Junction.After Bhopal and Pune, Bihar Patna junction would become the third railway station in the country to have sanitary pad vending machine. According to figures, over 50 lakh passengers use Patna on normal days and over 80 lakh during peak seasons. This facility comes as a big help for women passengers who face problems in the absence of sanitary pads with them during menstrual periods in their journeys. NAF officials and Danapur divisional railway manager (DRM) RP Thakur decided to assign NGO, Nav Astitva Foundation (NAF), to install the sanitary pad vending machine in the women washroom. NAF Chairperson, Pallavi Sinha, said that the machine would have a capacity of vending at least 120 pads per day at Rs 5 each.