Braving rains, 3,530 candidates of Dehradun district participated in the Army recruitment rally on Tuesday which is being organised at Mahendra Ground here. The day was reserved for the candidates of Dehradun region and overcast skies and rain welcomed them. However, the entire process of recruitment was conducted without any hitch. The head of Recruitment board GR lansdowne, Colonel BMS Talwar said that on Tuesday 3350 candidates of Dehradun district participated in the recruitment rally out of which 381 were rejected at the pre-height check. He informed that 3149 candidates ran the 1.6 km qualifying run in which 673 completed the race within the stipulated time.
On Wednesday the candidates of Gorkha community of Uttarakhand would participate in the recruitment rally. The Army employed the process of online registration for recruitment in which more than 33000 candidates applied. However, in order to give one more chance to left over candidates the Army decided to open the online process for the current recruitment rally for three days from October 8 to 11 in which 2267 more candidates enrolled from seven districts of Garhwal region and all of them would participate in the rally on October 14. The recruitment process of a Jawan consists of two parts, first one is initial screening in which physical and medical examination is held and while in second part a written examination called Common Entrance Examination (CEE) of the screened candidates is taken. The Deputy Director of Recruiting lucknow Zone Brigadier Sandeep Sehgal is also camping in Dehradun to oversee the process of recruitment of Jawans by the Garhwal Rifles.