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To streamline rider movement, colour-coded shelters person been acceptable up astatine each stations for unreserved passengers.
More than 48 lakh passengers person travelled to Prayagraj by bid since the Maha Kumbh began connected January 13. The Railways is making further preparations for the coming Mauni Amavasya, a important lawsuit successful the Kumbh schedule.
According to the Railways, of the 48.7 lakh passengers who travelled to the 9 stations successful Prayagraj until January 26, the astir — 13.87 lakh — were connected Makar Sankranti connected January 14. Makar Sankranti is among the main bathing days (snan) of the Kumbh. Another cardinal snan time is Mauni Amavasya that falls connected January 29: connected the day, astir 10 crore pilgrims are expected to instrumentality a dip successful the Triveni Sangam, with astir 10% of them expected to question by train.
The Prayagraj Railway Division has planned to tally implicit 150 peculiar trains during the time clip — a bid each 4 minutes — from each 9 stations: Prayagraj Junction, Subedarganj, Naini, Prayagraj Chheoki, Prayag Junction, Phaphamau, Prayagraj Rambagh, Prayagraj Sangam and Jhunsi. During the Ardh Kumbh 2019, the Railways had tally 85 trains for the devotees.
To streamline rider movement, colour-coded shelters person been acceptable up astatine each stations for unreserved passengers. These shelters are organised based connected passengers’ destination stations, with each colour corresponding to circumstantial routes.
Overall, to negociate the monolithic travel of passengers, 560 ticketing points, including unreserved ticketing system, automatic summons vending machines, enquiry, and rider preservation strategy person been acceptable up. Among these, 132 counters are located astatine Prayagraj Junction, wherever astir 10 lakh tickets tin beryllium distributed daily. According to the Uttar Pradesh government, the Maha Kumbh had drawn implicit 13 crore devotees truthful far.
More flights aft govt nudge
New Delhi: Budget airlines SpiceJet and Akasa Air volition beryllium adding much flights to the Prayagraj airdrome amid dense rider flows for the Mahakumbh, which person resulted successful a surge successful airfares to and from the beatified city.
According to the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), SpiceJet is acceptable to motorboat flights betwixt Prayagraj and Delhi, Chennai, Guwahati, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Jaipur, and Hyderabad, adding astir 43,000 seats successful February. Over the adjacent fewer days, Akasa Air volition besides commencement operating flights connecting Prayagraj with Ahmedabad and Bengaluru. The hose plans to run 9 flights from Ahmedabad and 12 flights from Bengaluru, adding astir 4,000 seats. —ENS
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