AGRA: The
Indian Army has made Covid-free certificate mandatory for applicants participating in a recruitment drive, which will commence in six districts of
Uttar Pradesh from February 15.
Besides, the applicants will have to wear face masks and carry hand sanitiser along with gloves.
According to director recruitment of the Army Recruiting Office in Agra, Col Siddhartha Basu, the Covid-free certificate should not be older than 48 hours before the applicant appears for the exam.
This step has been taken as a precautionary measure, as around 1.12 lakh youth from Kasganj, Hathras, Firozabad, Aligarh, Agra, Mathura will participate in the 19-day drive.
Basu told TOI, “the candidate’s temperature will be checked before entering the venue. In case of any symptoms, an antigen test will also be conducted even if the candidate is carrying a Covid negative test report.”
He added that all precautions are being taken as the recruitment drive will have to be shut, if any army personnel gets infected.
Basu said that the recruitment drive for soldiers (General duty, technical, tradesman and clerical/store keeper) will be conducted at Anand Engineering College near Keetham lake on Agra-Mathura highway from February 15 to March 6 where aspirants from all six districts will participate.
The drive will be monitored by a drone and all security arrangements will be done.
As per available information, first two days— February 15 and 16 youths from Kasganj will appear, followed by candidates from Hathras on February 16, 17 and 18, Firozabad (18-20 February), Aligarh (21-25 February) and Mathura and Agra from 26 February to March 6.
The successful candidates will appear in the common entrance exam which will be conducted in the last week of April, said officials.
Col Basu said that All India Religious Preachers (Granthi, Padri, Maulvi) test will also be conducted in Agra on March 9 and 10 and over 6000 applicants registered for the exam.