UP PET aspirants sleep at stations after centres allotted far from home

Candidates for Uttar Pradesh's Preliminary Eligibility Test, which qualifies applicants for many Group C government jobs, say exam centres 300 to 500 km from home have caused exhaustion, expense and stress. Many travelled on overcrowded trains and slept on railway station floors. Aspirants in Bareilly questioned why polling booths are near voters' homes but exam centres are not.