Over 50% candidates appear for UPSC exam

Coimbatore: Of 8,669 candidates who had applied for the Civil Services (Preliminary) this year from the district, only 4,661 (53%) appeared for the exam on Sunday.
A release from the district administration said the exam was held at 21 centres across the district. Each centre was supervised by an official of the tahsildar level, and there were 32 exam centre deputy supervisors in deputy tahsildar level.“In addition, the district administration had deputed a total of 746 hall invigilators,” said a release.
At all exam centres, all government guidelines pertaining to Covid-19 were followed. To ensure candidates reached the exam centres easily, additional buses were pressed into service on Sunday.
Collector K Rajamani and special secretary of public department T N Venkatesh inspected the exam centres.