It is women’s power that rules Kochi

KOCHI - It is women’s power that rules this port city of Kerala. With B. Sandhya Monday taking over as the new inspector general of police of the central range, women are ruling this commercial capital - from district collector to the mayor.

The Kochi Mayor is Mercy Williams, the Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) chairperson is M.C. Josephine, and the Ernakulam district panchayat president is P.S. Shaila - all women.

Sandhya, asked for her reaction, said: “As a critical mass, if women are there, things can be pushed much faster.”

Incidentally, this is the first time that women have occupied all the crucial posts in the district.