JEE IN GUWAHATI DURING BHARAT BANDH

JEE in Guwahati during Bharat Bandh

Yesterday (8/01/2019) 

I was too appearing for the JEE mains like many other students. I will tell you my incidents what happends before and after the  exam. 

• Pre Exam Scenarios

I came to know about this Bandh before hand thankfully. So for that reason I decided that I will go to my friends place in Guwahati, Azara . I went there a day before the exam . But the journey there 'oh boy' it was not an easy one .  Because of the bandh the private city buses of Guwahati were not running and only the govt. city buses of Guwahati  were on the road.  But the bus stand was  flooded with people . It was like 3 times the people than normal that are seen in typical Guwahati bus stand.  I waited there and buses packed with people passed and some people were like just barely attached their body with one foot on the bus and hand grabbing some part of the bus.  Lucky a city bus came in and stopped and the people decreased from the bus and I hopped onto the city bus and it got full to its brim again.  I was worried about my wallet nothing else as it had my pan card and my admit card . So I took the wallet and kept it in my hand and people there were like literally crushing each other.  But luckily after reaching Manipuri Basti, Guwahati I saw a man getting out of his seat so I was like determined that I will get that seat because if I stand there for too long I was bound to get crushed. So finally I got an small opening and hopped onto the seat.  The bus was also going at very lazy pase .  It was around 7:30pm after painstakingly doing the journey in Adabari, Guwahati again the bus stopped for refueling but that time I was like no it won't be I can't wait this long so I walked till Jalukbari, Guwahati  and then I hopped onto a tempo and reached my friend's place at Azara, Guwahati . Then the night was good we had some biriyani along with rice. And studied a bit for the exam. 

Now yesterday it was exam time.  I thought that exam will be starting from like 12:30 pm but when I saw the time it was from 2:30pm and the gate  infact the closing time was at 2:00pm . So I thought even if I have to walk I will take around one hour for me to reach there.  But my friend said that he would borrow a friends scooty and drop me at the exam center .  But his friend denied as there were incidents where the protesters threw stones at the vehicles and even burnt at some places.  "I can totally understand his mindset , I too might have done the same thing at that situation". And I thought the place might be strict so I like a big idiot went there just wearing just a t shirt, a jeans and hawai chapel. I left my friends place at around 1:06pm but I was not able to walk at my general speed as the pant was loose and I was wearing hawai chapels after a long time. I was still trying to go as fast as I can but it was not taking me that far at the speed required.  So  thought of asking for lift but few of them just brushed me off. Then a man came I asked if he was going the same way.  He said that he will go till Azara Godhuli Bazaar, Guwahati I said ok fine if it is even 100m that I don't have to walk its good. So I hopped on his bike . He asked where I was heading to I said him my condition and he asked me where is my center for the exam.  I said the place's name and he dropped  me there till the exam centre despite of the dangers.  He was like the real messenger send by God to me at my time of distress. Since I din't have the mobile with me I took his phone number on the cover of my geometry box.  But unfortunately during exam time the cover had to be torn to check the geometry box and with that that number was also gone.  I hope that I can meet that man and thank him in a better way which I was not able to do as I was in hurry for my exam. 

Luckily my exam was decent and I will credit it to that man because if he might have not been there I might have not reach the exam centre.  

• Post exam scenarios 

After the exam when I walked out of the exam centre I saw that there was facility to keep our bags.  I was so pissed at myself, I think I was the only in there with that attire. I was feeling so cold there . When I walked out of the gate I saw tempos standing there I thought the bandh is over.  But they were waiting for passenger I was feeling cold so I started walking and thought that I will get some vehicle on the way but none of the tempos were coming and few of them which  passes were with full passengers so I couldn't get onto those.  After walking for like 1km then I saw a tempo and waved my hand to stop him.  He pulled right the side of the road and I asked him will he be going  to Azara, Guwahati  or not he said yes . In delight I hopped onto the auto and reached my friends place in no time. I thought now the city buses might be running in the city.  So packed ASAP and headed towards the city.  But there too after waiting around half an hour I got a tempo.  I hopped onto it and thought my troubles were over.  But I was quite wrong. It was around 6:30 when I reached Jalukbari . I got down from the tempo and saw that there was no trace of any city bus.  I have called my friend earlier and he said that city buses were running at that time . So I came but now there was nothing. I was puzzled what to do so I thought I might be able to get bus at Adabari,Guwahati bus stand but there too no buses were about to leave all of those were standing ideally.  So I thought that getting a Rapido will help but it was too costly till my place. So I thought a friend place at Silpukhuri, Guwahati  might help. So I called the Captain (Rapido Rider) said he won't be going till Silpukhuri, Guwahati . I tried again but this time too it got connected to the same Captain. So I kept walking and trying but there was no progress at all.  Now it was around 7:35pm I was walking and trying to get a Captain but no one accepted my request.  Till then I had reached Maligaon charali, Guwahati . Then I checked the distance it showed 8.5km I was like no I  cannot cover this distance on foot and reach at proper time. It would be like more than 9:00pm to reach . So luckily i got an auto and asked till where he would go he said "Paltan Bazar " .I said "ok its fine" . But he informed me that he would take 20bucks I was like jumping in joy inside.  I said "ok! ok! let's go". So I got down at Food villa and then walked  till Silpukhuri and reached my friends place at around 8:30pm.

Today too I expected to get the bus easily but buses were so scarce I walked from my friends place to Post Office (Mizoram house)  then I got a bus where I could set my foot.  There were buses but if I would have got onto them I would be got crushed.  But finally I reached my room safe and sound. 

Ok friends that all for today.  I wanted to share you my incident and my feelings. Sorry friend no photos this time since i din't carry my phone. And after the exam it was dark so please forgive me for that🙇.

Bye everyone take care.   See you next time on my blog. 

PLEASE PRAY FOR MY RESULT 😂

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