Ranchi: Prohibitory orders under Section of 163 of the BNSS will be imposed near the 21 examination centres for NEET-UG in the city on Sunday.The test will be conducted in one shift. Around 10,000 candidates will appear for the medical entrance test from Ranchi.Ranchi SDO Kumar Rajat said that prohibitory orders will be applicable within a 200-metre radius of the exam centres. “Directives have been given to all to ensure that the exam is conducted free from malpractice. Sufficient numbers of magistrates and security personnel will be deployed for maintaining law and order,” he said.The prohibitory orders include a ban on assembling of five or more persons at one place (except officials/employees engaged in govt work, and funeral), use of any kind of sound amplifying device, possession of arms and weapons, among others.In Jamshedpur too, similar curbs will be in place. Earlier this week, East Singhbhum deputy commissioner Rajeev Ranjan reviewed the preparations and directed all the departments concerned to ensure proper arrangements for the candidates at all centres.A total of eight centres has been set up in the Steel City for 4,231 candidates.“The examination will commence at 2 pm at all centres. Candidates will be permitted to enter between 11 am and 1:30 pm, after which no one will be allowed entry,” said an official.
