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MUMBAI: Over 900 women have applied for driver-cum-conductor posts in Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC), which does not have any woman driver now. Officials said that if recruited, these women will be expected to do all duties like their male counterparts, including night shifts. And the 2,406 posts constitute the 30% reserved for women. We hope to get some good women driver-cum-conductors this time,” transport minister Diwakar Raote told TOI.The transport ministry has announced recruitment for 8,022 posts of driver-cum-conductors and received over 42,000 applications. Sources said norms have been diluted to get more applicants as none of the 450 women who had applied during a similar recruitment in 2017 made the cut..