NEW DELHI: Railway Recruitment Board has released the Admit Card for Assistant Loco Pilot (ALP) and Technician exam to be held on the last day of the month i.e., August 31, 2018.
Candidates can download their respective e-call letter starting today to September 3, 2018 from the Indian Railways official website – indianrailways.gov.in.
The RRB ALP second phase exam are beginning from August 29 and second phase’s last exam would be held on September 4, 2018.
On the basis of marks obtained in first stage CBT, candidates will be shortlisted for second stage CBT. Number of candidates that will be qualified will be a total of 15 times the number of vacancies which is 397530. Qualified candidates will get RRB ALP Admit Card 2018 for Second Stage CBT.
In a major development, due to Kerala floods, the RRB has extended the exam date by adding September 4 in the schedule. The admit card, for September 4 exam, primarily for the Kerala candidates, would be released on August 31 and candidates can download it up to September 3, 2018.
It may be recalled that the RRB is organizing examination this month for the posts of Assistant Loco Pilot and Technician and has been releasing admit cards for the same four days prior to the exam date.
Earlier, the RRB had finalized 10-day schedule for the conducting the examination. The first exam was held on August 9 and the Admit Card for the same was released on August 5, 2018. According to the schedule, the last exam would be conducted on August 31 and the Admit Card for this would be released on August 27, 2018.
Now, the RRB has added the 11th day in the schedule, the exam for which is slated to be held on September 4, 2018 and the board would release the admit card for the same on August 31, 2018.
The first phase of the examination began from August 9 and tests were then held on August 13, 14, 17, 20 and 21. In the second and the final phase the exams are to be held from August 29, 30, 31 and September 4, 2018.
Around 27,000 candidates were scheduled to appear in the RRB ALP exam in the state on August 20, 2018. According to the PTI, centres allotted in Kerala were shifted out of the state as rain waters wrecked havoc there, thousands set to appear for the exam were unable to do so.
source:TOT
