Thousands of unemployed youth gathered at Hyderabad’s Saroornagar Stadium for HYDRAA’s physical tests for 150 contract-based posts, leading to a stampede-like situation. Police intervened as overcrowding caused panic, with a token system introduced to manage candidates.
Hyderabad: A stampede-like situation unfolded at Saroornagar Stadium in Hyderabad on August 8 as thousands of unemployed youth turned up for the physical tests conducted by the Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) for just 150 contract-based vacancies. The massive turnout resulted in severe overcrowding and panic at the venue, with police personnel deploying barricades and taking measures to control the crowd.
Police also resorted to using batons to control an unruly crowd of jobseekers after the situation spiralled out of control at the stadium on Saturday. The large gathering of aspirants had turned chaotic as candidates arrived in huge numbers for the HYDRAA recruitment drive.
Crowd gathers at stadium
A video shared by Surya Reddy on X showed a massive gathering of job aspirants at the stadium, with hundreds of candidates seen packed together as they waited to participate in the recruitment process. The visuals showed the extent of the crowd that had gathered for the limited number of vacancies and the difficulties faced by authorities in managing the aspirants.
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