Rlys cancels exam at 12 centres, Prabhu orders probe

An embarrassed Railways on Friday cancelled an exam at 12 centres and ordered an inquiry after differently-abled aspirants faced a harrowing time as their examination centres were located in on higher floors in buildings with no lifts or ramps.

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu ordered a probe after it was alleged that many disabled candidates could not reach the centres yesterday for an online recruitment test which was held on the second and third floors of buildings with no lifts or ramps.

Some parents even had to carry their wards up the stairs for the exam which was organised by the Railways Recruitment Board on the orders of the Supreme Court as part of a special recruitment drive to fill up more than 450 seats. “Ordered to fix responsibility, if lapse in dealing with differentially abled, whom we respect & several schemes are in works for them," Prabhu tweeted.