Female candidates protest regarding weight-lifting criteria

Chaos gripped the streets of the city as female candidates appearing for the physical trial of 1,317 posts of fire woman staged a massive protest at the Kisan Shaheed Memorial Chowk on Thursday.

Female candidates block a road during a protest in Patiala on Thursday. Photo: Rajesh Sachar

• The primary demand of the female candidates was to amend the qualification criteria of weight-lifting in physical trials.
• They argued that weight requirement should be relaxed from present 60 kg to 40 kg for lifting gunny bags containing sand.
• One of the protesters, said, “Lifting bags weighing 60 kg seems unrealistic and will be extremely strenuous.
• The protesting women also sought relaxation in the height criteria, proposing a change from 5.5 feet to 5.2 feet.

Source: Protesting candidates bring Patiala traffic to a halt : The Tribune India