RTC buses to drop near Eamcet exam hall

Hyderabad: Locating Eamcet centres in institutions with large campuses presented a unique problem. If RTC buses drop students at the gates of, say, University of Hyderabad, students would need to walk long distances to reach the allotted buildings.

“A candidate can get down near Nizam College or Koti Women’s College and walk into the centre. But these varsities are spread over a huge campus. Imagine the trouble that a student and the parent would face if the special buses drop them at the UoH gate,” said Mr Damodar Rao, a parent

“Will they be able to walk kilometres to reach the exam hall? There are no transport facilities like autorickshaws inside the campuses,” he said.

Even the Institute of Public Enterprise in Osmania University, which is hosting the exam for the first time, is at some distance from the OU main road.

Asked about the problem, RTC joint managing director Ramana Rao said the corporation was ready to run services till the centres. “The proposal should come from Eamcet officials, and we will oblige for the benefit of the students,” he said.

Eamcet convener N.V. Ramana Rao said that he had a word with the RTC JMD, who accepted their request to drop students at the buildings inside the campuses that host the test.

“RTC officials have asked us for a list of far-off centres and we will provide it at the earliest. There will be no problem for students even if they were allotted centres in the UoH,” he said.