Over 18,000 Came For 133 Territorial Army Posts In Pithoragarh; Some Travelled In Bus Trunk
Today, a massive turnout of youth coming for jobs in Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand was observed. Over 18000 youth from different states reached Pithoragarh to appear for just 133 Territorial Army posts, exposing the job crisis.
The administration had to deploy police force to control the situation of heavy crowds and complete chaos. With no shelter or transport, they had to sleep on streets and hills and were left with no choice but to travel in the bus luggage compartments.
🚨The painful situation of Uttarakhand youth.
20K youths turned out to Army recruitment in Pithoragarh.
It was Complete chaos,Cops had to charge to control the crowd, a stampede broke out.
17 yr old Youth has been critical injured taken to Hospital.pic.twitter.com/2pzJATxqZV
— Manu🇮🇳🇮🇳 (@mshahi0024) November 20, 2024
Youth from many states arrived in large numbers for the recritment to the TA in Pithoragarh, the border distict in Uttarakhand. The large number of candidates came from Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Rajasthan to appear for the exam. However, candidates had to face travel and accomodation difficulties which showes the status of public facilites and on other hand showcase the existing job crisis.
#WATCH | Uttarakhand | Pithoragarh SP Rekha Yadav says, “Adequate police force has been deployed in view of the pressure of heavy crowd. And so far everything is going on normally and safely…” https://t.co/y3TcbkRrgR pic.twitter.com/xGtv8WQncr
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) November 20, 2024
The candidates have alleged that taxis were charging arbitrary fare to reach Pithoragarh from Tanakpur and Haldwani. Also, no proper arrangement was made for public transport. Also no arrangement was made for candidates to stay near the recruitment site and they had to spend night in open.
However, amid the influx of candidates for the ongoing recruitment rally, the district administration directed to closed all schools withing its jurisdiction to accomodate the candidates who came from other states.
Under the Territoral Army recruitment candidates who qualify in the physical and medical examination will appear for a written examination. The recruitment rally began on Nov 12 and will conclude on Nov 27 being held at Pithoragarh (UK), Sagar (MP) and Danapur (Bihar).
