kolkata even after downloading their admit cards several candidates for engineering and medicine entrance tests jee main and neet ug might be forced to give the exams a miss given the difficulty they are likely to face reaching the venues particularly district residents who have chosen centres in kolkata the jee main is slated for september 1 to 6 and neet for september 13most examinees from districts had been attending tutorials in kolkata and living in shared accommodations but after the lockdown was imposed they returned home now their landlords are no longer willing to let them in posing a challenge to those candidates in commuting from the districts to the kolkata centres neet candidates are especially worried as the bengal government has announced complete lockdown on september 11 and 12 and the students fear they might not be able to reach the centres on time on september 13 as they would not be able to travel to kolkata on the two previous days amiya kumar maity a doctor who mentors neet aspirants had appealed to prime minister narendra modi to postpone the neet ug exams pointing out that the students would be at great risk and could contract the novel coronavirus at the centres with no regular train and bus services how can the examinees reach the centres many of them will have to travel over 200km he had said buttressing his point debajyoti kar a postgraduate trainee in radiology who mentors neet aspirants said many of his students would not be able to sit for the exams due to commute woes moreover finding hotels to put up in kolkata will be another problem he saidshreya panda from ichhapur in north 24parganas who had planned to appear for both jee mains and neet may skip jee mains as her centre is at an engineering college in kalyani it will be difficult for me to hire a car on two days so i would rather take neet exam which will be held at aditya academy in dum dum than appear for both exams she saidsusanta pramanick a student from debra in west midnapore who did not take ug admission last year to prepare for neet is almost in tears as he has no clue how to reach his exam centre at amrita vidyalaya on budge budge trunk road there is no bus now and the few cars that are there are unwilling to ferry me to kolkata and some are asking for exorbitant rates also our mess owner in kolkata is no longer allowing me to stay there so i will have to miss my exam he said nilanjan bishnu who also spent a year to prepare for neet is equally worried belonging to a lowermiddle class family how can i afford to hire a car to travel from my home at dhubulia in nadia to the exam centre in barasat a distance of over of 100km on one way jakir hossain is also in the same boat as he