LUCKNOW, July 28 -- As over 61,500 candidates gathered in the state capital for the UPPSC Review Officer-Assistant Review Officer (RO-ARO) Preliminary Examination 2023, many were left stranded on Saturday night with no place to stay.

With hotels, lodges, and shelters filled to capacity, thousands of aspirants from other districts like Sultanpur, Pratapgarh, Barabanki etc were forced to spend the night on railway platforms, bus stations and pavements.

The exam which was held at 129 centres across Lucknow on Sunday exposed the city's inadequate preparedness to absorb the rush. Scenes of youth sleeping on plastic sheets, revising notes under dim lights, and eating meals on sidewalks painted a grim picture of the night before the exam.

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