Bhubaneswar, June 6 -- https://images.odishatv.in/uploadimage/library/16_9/16_9_0/recent_photo_1749180951.webp
In March this year, three young men lost their lives while running 25 kilometres during the physical test for forest ranger, forest guard, and livestock inspector posts. Now, two months later, two more candidates have died in the Gajapati district during the home guard recruitment physical exam. Earlier in between, a candidate died after participating in the physical test at the Deogarh reserve police ground.
Such incidents are not new. They have been happening year after year, yet the concerned departments appear to have learned little, as such tragedies keep repeating without any systemic change.
In October 1996, four young me...