An enormous turnout for HYDRAA’s recruitment drive for 100 Catastrophe Response Drive (DRF) assistant and 50 driver posts led to delicate crowd-control measures at Saroornagar Stadium on Saturday, with greater than 1,600 aspirants turning up for the choice course of.
HYDRAA officers initially struggled to handle the group as aspirants surged ahead to submit functions and acquire tokens for the bodily checks. LB Nagar police, who had deployed bandobast anticipating a big turnout, used delicate pressure to manage the group and stop stampede-like state of affairs.
The state of affairs was introduced underneath management after repeated bulletins over loudspeakers assured the aspirants that each one functions could be accepted and everybody would get a possibility to bear bodily checks.
HYDRAA had introduced by the media that the recruitment course of could be held at Saroornagar Stadium on August 8 and 9. The massive turnout led to some preliminary confusion, with officers additionally going through difficulties in processing functions.
Police and HYDRAA personnel subsequently managed the group and the choice course of continued with out additional disruption. Officers stated the aspirants cooperated after understanding that everybody could be given a possibility to take part within the recruitment course of.
Printed – August 08, 2026 08:43 pm IST
