RRB exams from Dec 15, candidates to be checked for body temp

New Delhi, Dec 11 : All candidates appearing in the Indian Railways’ examinations from December 15 onwards to fill up 1.4 lakh vacancies would have to undergo body temperature checks before they were allowed into examination centres, a railway official said on Friday.
Addressing a virtual press conference here, Railway Board Director General (HR) Anand S Khati said: “Candidates with high temperature will not be allowed inside.” The official said that intimation regarding this would be sent to candidates and exam rescheduled for such candidates.
The Railways’ mega recruitment drive in three phases would start from December 15, in which more than 2.44 crore candidates will appear across the country.
Khati said that the first phase of the exams would commence from December 15 to 18 for isolated and ministerial categories, followed by NTPC categories from December 28 till March 2021, and lastly for Level-1 one tentatively from April 2020 till June 2021.
He said that candidates in the first phase will be informed individually through email and SMSes about their city of exam, date and shift through a link provided on RRB official websites. He said that the links for downloading of e-call letter would be made live four days prior to the exam date on these websites.