Notice issued to private firm in Gujarat for chaos at job interview site
Gujarat's Bharuch district, an official said on Saturday. Videos of a massive queue, marked by pushing and shoving as aspirants tried to get a toehold on a ramp leading to the entrance of a hotel where the interviews were being held, had gone viral on Thursday on social media.
On July 2, the company at Jhagadia conducted a recruitment drive at a hotel in Ankleshwar in the district where hundreds of aspirants turned up for 40 vacancies, District Employment Officer Sanjay Gohil said.
«After the video went viral, we learnt about the incident and talked to the plant manager and HR managers of the company and carried out an inspection of the plant on July 12,» he said.
The company had not informed the employment office in advance regarding the notified vacancies, he said.
Viral video shows stampede-like situation during walk-in-interview in Gujarat: Congress, BJP spar
«We checked the record and issued notice to the company. The district administration needs to be informed in advance so that such a situation does not arise,» Gohil said.
The stampede-like situation occurred due to mismanagement at the recruitment drive venue which caused the collapse of the railing of the ramp, leading to several job-seekers falling off.
The incident, which took place on Tuesday, triggered a verbal duel between the opposition Congress and the ruling BJP.
While the Congress said it had exposed the 'Gujarat Model' (of development the ruling party talks about), the BJP said the former was trying to defame the
