TEHRAN Managing director of the Drivers Guild of Taxi Service Agencies for Women in the megalopolis Tehran announced Tuesday that the service will be launched soon.

Ms. Ma'soumeh Ahovan told IRNA that with a license to be obtained from the Interior Ministry the guild will operate under the supervision of the Organization for the Management of Taxi Service Agencies in Tehran.

However, she added, the guild has no link with the Association of Taxi Service Agencies for men, adding that the body has made utmost efforts to remove any possible weak point.

She said that so far 500 women drivers have applied for the job of whom 150 have been selected within the framework of the provisions stipulated in the regulations such as passing the traffic organization's exams and having no ill record such as addiction.

Ahovan said that the guild will be run within the framework of a cooperative, adding that owners of the taxi agencies who are all women are duty-bound to cooperate with the drivers who are all women and breadwinner of their family with over five years of driving experience.

She said that the working hour for the taxi service agencies for women starts from 4:00 hours in the morning up to 24:00 hours. Two representative offices will work under the management of women in every area of the capital city, she said, adding that men by no means will be allowed to interfere in the management of the offices.

The guild managing director said that drivers are entitled to benefit from insurance, courses in psychology, martial sports and car repair training courses, adding that all drivers will appear in uniforms.

Moreover, she added, four taxi service agencies will work round the clock in four areas of Tehran through making coordination with the Law Enforcement Forces.