Gujarat: Stampede-like situation in Bharuch hotel as hundreds turn up for job interview

A screegrab of the viral video where hundreds of applicants can be seen struggling for space.

A stampede-like situation was reported in Gujarat’s Bharuch when hundreds of youngsters turned up for a job interview organised by chemical firm Thermax Company for just 10 vacant positions.

In the video, which has gone viral on the internet, a large crowd of applicants can be seen struggling to enter a hotel, where the walk-in interviews were being conducted.

The crowd was so big that some of the applicants stood on the side railing, which eventually broke down.

ભરૂચમાં બેરોજગારીને ઉજાગર કરતો વીડિયો સામે આવ્યો

10 પોસ્ટ માટેના ઇન્ટરવ્યૂમાં હજારો યુવાનો પહોંચ્યા

ઇન્ટરવ્યૂ માટે થયેલી ભીડમાં થઈ ધકકા મુક્કી

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ભીડ એટલી ભારે હતી કે હોટેલની રેલીંગ તુટી ગઈ

થર્મેક્સ કંપની દ્વારા અંકલેશ્વરની લોર્ડ્સ પ્લાઝા હોટલમાં ઇન્ટરવ્યુનું આયોજન થયું હતું pic.twitter.com/d2hBfZrr5q

— Darshan Chaudhari (@Bajarangi_) July 11, 2024

Thermax was conducting interviews at Lord's Plaza Hotel, Ankleshwar for the position of shift-in-charge, plant operator, supervisor, fitter-mechanical, and executive (ETP).

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The situation could have turned ugly. However, no injuries have been reported yet.

A few accounts on X platform said that a scuffle broke out between some of the applicants.

Recently, several similar videos have gone viral where hundreds of young students could be seen applying for few job openings.

Soon after the video went viral, several netizens started asking if the video is an evidence showing the ground reality of unemployment in the country. Some users said it’s a ‘sad’ situation and blamed it on a failed ‘Gujarat model’.

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However, for some users it came as a shock. While some felt the applicants could be from outside of the state, others said the job requires experienced staff and hence the applicants may not be unemployed.