Chandigarh, December 15- More than thousands of aspirants could not appear for the Punjab Food Inspectors (Category B) examination because they could not reach the examination centres in time due to the traffic chaos that prevailed at entry points to Chandigarh this morning.
In all, more than 1.86 lakh aspirants thronged the city to take the test for 461 posts today, with more than 74,000 losing the precious chance. Chaos was witnessed at entry points to the city on the Kurali-Kharar road, Landran-Mohali road and the Panchkula-Chandigarh road.
Dr PK Sharma of Panjab University (PU), in charge for conducting the examination, said: “We received numerous complaints about students getting delayed for the examination. However, we could not make any concessions beyond a certain time limit. Only about 60 per cent aspirants took the examination in two shifts today.” Simran Kaur, a candidate from Amritsar, said, “We were surprised to see long queues of vehicles at the entry point to Chandigarh. The duration of traffic lights could have been altered seeing the volume of traffic. We had started well in time from our village, yet I missed my examination.”
Navdeep Singh, a Barnala resident, said, “I fail to under stand why the examination centres were set up in Chandigarh alone.”
Planning fails test
- Around 1.86 lakh aspirants thronged Chandigarh from across Punjab to take the test for 461 posts of Punjab Food Inspectors (Category B) on Sunday
- Out of them, over 74,000 could have missed the exam as they could not reach the exam centres in time due to the traffic chaos prevailing at entry points to the city