West Bengal: Edu Minister Appeal Power Utilities to Ensure Supply During Final Year Exams

On Tuesday, the West Bengal government asked state power utilities to ensure that electricity supply is not disrupted during the final semester examinations for undergraduate and postgraduate courses to be held in digital mode from 1 to 18 October.

Minister of Education Partha Chatterjee said CESC Limited and West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL) were both advised in this regard by the government.

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Advisory issued to CESC &WBSEB to provide uninterrupted powerduring examinations from 1stOctober to 18th.

— Partha Chatterjee (@itspcofficial) September 29, 2020

Chatterjee tweeted, 'Advisory issued to CESC and WBSEB to provide uninterrupted power during examinations from 1 October to 18 October,'

While CESC supplies Kolkata, Howrah and parts of the Hooghly district with electricity, WBSEDCL, formerly known as the West Bengal State Electricity Board (WBSEB), supplies the rest of the state with power.

Though WBSEB was named by Chatterjee, he meant WBSEDCL.

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Between October 1 and 18, the Department of Higher Education requested the State Universities to complete the final semester exams and publish the results by October 31.

The universities have decided that, after downloading question papers mailed to them at the scheduled time, candidates will write their papers at home.

Students would send them back via email after writing the answers in simple papers.

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