Near-stampede at airport: 25k applicants for 2k jobs

July 17, 2024 12:34

A video grab of the mess at the airport

A stampede-like situation occurred near the Mumbai airport where thousands of job aspirants gathered to apply for a limited number of vacancies for the post of loader at the facility, police said on Wednesday. There were reportedly 25,000 applicants for 2000 vacancies. The job pays a maximum of Rs 30,000.

The incident took place on Tuesday morning and the situation was later brought under control, an official from Sahar police station said. With their applications and documents in hand, the jobseekers assembled at gate no. 5 near the Sahar cargo complex after they came to know about the vacancy for the loader's post at the airport, he said.

As the situation went out of hand, the applicants were asked to submit their resumes, applications and other documents and then leave the spot. Later, the airport authorities decided to call 200 applicants for interview, the official said.

All the applicants were freshers and most of them had just passed Class 12. "No untoward incident was reported and the situation was later brought under control," the official said. PTI

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