Pune: The state health department’s examination for Group D on Sunday was held peacefully in the city unlike the previous Sunday when the candidates were not admitted in time and had other issues. There were no complaints from the candidates and the admit cards were reissued to them a day prior to the examination.
Candidates reached the exam hall designated in various colleges in the city at least 90 minutes in advance. Solapur-based candidate, Mahesh Deshmukh, said, “Considering the last week’s issues faced by the candidates at the time of arrival at exam centre, I had decided to arrive in the city two days in advance. I reached the exam centre in Camp area much before time and the arrangements were in order.”
Another candidate, Srikant Maindargikar, from Nigdi who had reached the exam centre around 8.30am said that he went through the mandatory Covid appropriate protocol at the entrance with temperature check and was also given a mask. Maindargikar said, “It was smooth before and during the exam. We had apprehensions because there was some confusion regarding the hall ticket two days ago, but we received it by Saturday.”
A day before the exam, there were also rumours about the paper being leaked.