NEET: Now, no Sunday curfew in Punjab

CHANDIGARH: To facilitate free movement of students appearing for NEET exam, Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Friday announced that there will be no curfew in the state this Sunday, September 13. Non-essential shops will, however, remain closed, he clarified.
Though the state government has imposed Sunday curfew in all urban cities/towns, an exemption would be made this Sunday with free movement to be allowed, he said.
Students will have no problem reaching their examination centres, said Amarinder. Thirty-four centres have been set up in six districts of Punjab -- 10 in Bathinda, six each in Mohali and Amritsar, five in Jalandhar, four in Patiala and three in Ludhiana.
According to revised norms, a symptomatic aspirant should be referred to the nearest health centre and either made to take the test through other modes or an educational institution should make provisions for the exam at a later date, when the student is deemed fit.
According to the SOP, suitable preparations for arranging personal protection gears like face masks or hand sanitisers, soap, sodium hypochlorite solution etc. shall be provided by universities, educational institutions, examination conducting authorities or examination centres to the staff as well as students.