Late arrival of train: Students to get another chance to write exam

Delay by over five hours of Hassan–Solapur express led to hundreds of students missing the exam schedule

The State Government has decided to provide one more opportunity for the students who could not write competitive examination being held by the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) for the posts of assistant engineer of the Public Works Department because of delay in arrival of a train in Kalaburagi.

Raising the issue during the Zero Hour in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, JD(S) member K.M. Shivaline Gowda and Congress member Priyank Kharge expressed concern that several candidates from southern region were travelling to Kalaburagi by train to write the examination. However, many missed the examination as their train had got delayed by more than five hours.