Following Cyclone Gaja affecting the delta districts of the State, the Tamilnadu government has requested the NTA to extend the deadline for applying for NEET (UG) – 2019 medical entrance examination.
With just a day left for the deadline to apply for the test, students in the delta districts are in trouble as they do not have access to Internet to apply for the competitive examination, it said.
Medical aspirants of eight districts in central Tamilnadu became victims of Cyclone Gaja and most of them have lost their house, properties and their families, their livelihood. The last date to apply for NEET (UG) – 2019 is 30 November 2018.