Kolkata: About 1.8 lakh applicants appeared at 657 centers in Bengal on Sunday to appear for initial inspection (WBC) Introduction Bengal Bengal Barat.
In Kolkata, around 43,000 applicants appeared at 100 centers.
More than 2.5 lakh people have submitted a request to take the exam.
After the second wave of Covid, the first offline exam was carried out by Bengal Jee West in July which was followed by the Clat examination.
However, with 2.5 lakh applicants, the preliminary WBCs turned out to be a challenge in the middle of a pandemic.
Pandemic and restrictions have several impacts on the exam done on Sundays.
Some candidates who appear late in the venue are not allowed to enter.
At least three candidates in Kolkata missed them when they were late to reach PSC.
The PSC has issued a direction that all candidates must reach the venue at 11:30 a.m.
while the examination is scheduled to start at 12pm to 2.30 in the afternoon.
PSC Chairman Debashis Bose said the election was around 70%.
Usually, the WBCS Prelims examination was held at the end of January or in February, but this time it was suspended due to a pandemic.
Bose said that they initially planned to hold an examination in March, but as the second Covid wave was there so that the examination was held in August.
Bose said that in all centers, the right safety norm was followed.
PSC will try to hold a WBCS (Meads) examination as early as possible.
Two Ti candidates were seen unable to reach their examination center at the PSC office on time.
Nekvas Sheikh, who came from Murshidabad, could not take the metro to reach the PSC office because he did not have a smart card and take a bus with the wrong route.
“I have taken a train from Murshidabad at Wee Hour Sunday to reach the PSC office, but unfortunately, I took the wrong bus and late,” he said.
An PSC official said that on Sunday Metro runs special services for the WBCS exam, but they must show recognition and smart cards to enter the station.
Abul Kalam Azad’s SK, an exam participant who came a long way from Bagnan in Howrah, said that he had reached around 12.02 in the afternoon and begged to allow him and some other candidates were late.
“But they did not allow.
They should be soft in the middle of a pandemic because there are very few buses and trains too late.” PSC officials said that the rules could not be changed for several late candidates.
But, for employees of the TI Sector Suranjana Pal, who lives in Dakshineswar, reaching the venue at the PSC office is easy because the metro.
He said the trip was free to havesle.
Likewise, Samsad Ali, who came from Birbhum, said he reached Howrah in the morning after starting on Saturday night and was happy with sanitation settings in the middle.