UKSSSC Group C case studies

UKSSSC Group C · Put your knowledge to work in context.

The Uttarakhand Subordinate Service Selection Commission (UKSSSC, उत्तराखण्ड अधीनस्थ सेवा चयन आयोग) is a state body constituted under the Uttarakhand Subordinate Service Selection Commission Bill, 2014 (Adhiniyam Sankhya 20 of 2014), published vide Notification No-181/XXXVI(3)/2014-39(1)/2014 dated June 24, 2014. The Governor's consent for its formation, with headquarters at Dehradun, was notified by the Personnel Section-2 of the Government of Uttarakhand vide Notification No-106/XXX(2)/14-03(01)/2014 TC-III dated September 17, 2014. The UKSSSC Group C case studies are 5 cases and about 4,991 words.

Cloudburst at 03:40: triage with one working earth-mover and no mobile network

You are the Block Development Officer of a block in Chamoli district. On 22 July at 03:40 a cloudburst hits two adjoining watersheds; the block rain gauge records 96 mm in 90 minutes.

1,081 words, about 5 min 2

A 9 km road through a Van Panchayat forest: consent, quorum and a lapsed committee

The Public Works Department proposes to widen a 9 km rural road from 3.75 m to 5.5 m. About 6.2 km of the alignment lies inside a 120-hectare Van Panchayat forest managed by a Van Panchayat of 60 households; the forest is mostly banj oak with about 90 deodar trees, and it recharges two springs that supply the village's drinking water.

1,035 words, about 5 min 3

The 1,860 missing person-days: releasing MGNREGA funds before 31 March

You are the Block Programme Officer for MGNREGA in a block of 42 gram panchayats. On 18 March a gram panchayat submits its second instalment claim for three works.

934 words, about 5 min 4

8,400 residents and 14,000 visitors: choosing the first lever in a hill town

A hill town of 8,400 residents receives, on peak weekends in May and June, about 5,600 vehicles a day carrying roughly 14,000 visitors. The municipal council's own figures: solid waste peaks at 26 tonnes a day against 9 tonnes off-season; the composting and materials-recovery plant is permitted for 15 tonnes a day; two of five refuse compactor trucks await spare parts; the sewage treatment plant is rated 1.2 MLD while measured inflow is 1.9 MLD, and its outfall joins a river 11 km upstream of a town of 40,000 that draws drinking water from the same river; May water supply is 1.9 MLD against an estimated demand of 2.6 MLD, with tankers making up the difference.

923 words, about 5 min 5

A new piped scheme, 14 diarrhoea cases and a nitrate reading of 68 mg/L

A hill village of 1,240 people received a piped drinking water scheme eight months ago. It draws from a spring 1.2 km uphill and gives 45 minutes of supply a day at low pressure.

1,018 words, about 5 min