Around 1,000 KPSC aspirants miss exam as train delayed by 5 hours

Around 1,000 persons, who were travelling to Kalaburagi to attend KPSC competitive exam for recruitment of assistant executive engineers (AEE), could not attend the exam as the Hasan-Solapur Express (11312) was delayed by nearly 5 hours.

Many aspirants in south Karnataka had travelled to Hassan in an effort to reach the exam on time, while the Railways was made aware of the students’ concerns several days before the exam date.

Stranded in Raichur, hundreds of angry aspirants blocked the railway track demanding justice. The railway officials who came to pacify them had to face flak.

Rekha, an aspirant from Chitradurga, said the train left at 8.30 pm on Sunday. “This is an exam that was postponed for more than two and a half years.