Meet Neha Thakur, 25, Himachal Pradesh’s first woman truck driver

It’s not easy to switch careers! But a young girl from Himachal Pradesh left her air hostess training to become a truck driver. Meet 25-year-old Neha Thakur who chose a career path few would have expected. After graduating, she worked briefly in the aviation sector and today, she spends her days behind the wheel of a 16-tonne truck, travelling across India. Neha belongs from Khudla village in Sarkaghat, Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh. She is widely known as Himachal Pradesh’s first woman truck driver. She covers her journeys in her own social-media videos and vlogs.The childhood connectionTrucks were a part of Neha’s childhood because her father, Rajesh Thakur, has been a truck driver for more than two decades. Neha used to travel with him a lot.