Exam day turned into a distressing experience for scores of students appearing for the Joint Entrance Examination (Main) as they had to run from one exam centre in New Panvel, where they were scheduled to write the exam, to one in the western suburbs.

This goof-up took place at Pillai College of Engineering in New Panvel as around 150 students were told by the staff there that they had to go to another exam centre miles away instead. Most of the students who managed to reach the Kandivli centre were allowed to appear for the test in the second shift. Arth Pola was among the aspirants who had to run from one suburb to the other on Monday, hoping to not miss the exam.