By: Express News Service Ahmedabad | February 27, 2025 01:45 IST 1 min readVadodara District Education Officer Mahesh Pandey has appealed to the students appearing for board exams to “leave 20 minutes early” to avoid traffic jams and delayed arrival at examination centres.The ongoing works related to road resurfacing and drainage line repair in Vadodara have now become a contentious issue as the Secondary School Certificate and the Higher Secondary Certificate exams are scheduled to begin in the state on Thursday. Vadodara Municipal Corporation Leader of Opposition Chandrakant Shrivastav has written a letter to the Municipal Commissioner, and stated that all repair works must be “suspended and roads opened”. He said that these steps should to taken to make things easy for the students and ensure they do not face any difficulty in reaching the examination centres. Shrivastav has also pointed out that the ongoing repair works have led to the partial closure of multiple flyovers in the city, adding that many roads have also been dug to complete work on drainage lines. Vadodara District Education Officer Mahesh Pandey has appealed to the students appearing for board exams to “leave 20 minutes early” to avoid traffic jams and delayed arrival at examination centres. © The Indian Express Pvt LtdTags:Gujarat confidentialVadodara Municipal Corporation