Cyclone Titli: RRB Bhubaneswar postpones group D exams, revised dates will be announced later
Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) Bhubaneshwar has cancelled the RRB Group D exam that was scheduled to be held on October 11 and 12 in various centres which comes under its jurisdiction as the Cyclone Titli is expected to make landfall at the Odisha coast at around 5:30 am tomorrow. The RRB Group D exams have been postponed in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Sambalpur, Khurda and Berhamapur. According to the Board Chairman of RRB Bhubaneshwar, revised dates and place will be sent to candidates on their registered mobile number and email.
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PTI quoted IMD that the Cyclone Titli intensified into a severe cyclonic storm on Wednesday and is moving towards the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh coast, triggering rainfall in several parts of Odisha.
Schools and colleges are already closed in four districts in Odisha which is on high alert as Cyclone Titli heads towards the coast.
Cyclone Titli is expected to make landfall at the Odisha coast at around 5:30 am tomorrow.
The Met department has warned of "heavy to very heavy rainfall" at several places and "extremely heavy rainfall" at isolated areas till tomorrow under the impact of the severe cyclonic storm.
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"Due to the forecast of severe cyclone named TITLI in Odisha on 11th & 12th October 2018, the RRB exams will not be held in any of the centres under the jurisdiction of Railway Recruitment Board /Bhubaneswar i.e. at Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Sambalpur, Khurda & Berhamapur cities on the above dates," said a statement posted on the official website of RRB Bhubaneswar.
"Candidates scheduled to appear in the exams on the above dates will be rescheduled and the revised exam city and date intimation will be advised through the registered mobile number and email of the candidates," the statement added.
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RRBs across the country have been organizing the Group D or Level 1 recruitment exams since September 17, 2018 as Computer Based Tests or CBTs in various centres.
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