No-vehicle, no-VIP zone: Govt readies plan for Kumbh’s biggest bathing day

Also, the pontoon bridges volition person one-way postulation for an easiness of question oregon they volition beryllium closed down, it is learnt. Even akharas volition beryllium allowed introduction and exit connected the ground of circumstantial slots allotted to them.

“First of all, we person devised the zonal system, according to which those coming from the Arail broadside should instrumentality a bath astatine the Arail Ghat and those coming from the Jhusi broadside should instrumentality bath astatine Jhusi Ghat and truthful on,” said Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Vaibhav Krishna.

“No conveyance question volition beryllium allowed successful the Kumbh country from January 27 to January 30. Also, nary VIP protocol volition beryllium followed connected these days,” helium added.

Since sadhus from arsenic galore arsenic 13 akharas volition besides instrumentality Shahi oregon Amrit Snan connected January 29, exclusive introduction and exit routes person been designated for them successful the Sangam area. Additional information unit person besides been deployed to guarantee the introduction oregon exit routes are followed properly.

On the authorities government’s request, the Railways has besides travel up with a peculiar program for the question of trains truthful arsenic railway stations bash not get crowded. The program is to tally 150 trains for Mauni Amavasya to 9 railway stations successful Prayagraj, officials said.

One bid volition tally each 4 minutes from Prayagraj connected Mauni Amavasya, it is learnt.

Nearly 8-10 crore pilgrims are expected to instrumentality a bath connected Mauni Amavasya and 10-20 lakh of them volition question done trains, they said.

Apart from Prayagraj, adjacent Ayodhya, Varanasi and different spiritual towns person been enactment connected alert arsenic they are besides expected to witnesser a dense travel of pilgrims connected and astir Mauni Amavasya, the officials said. Ayodhya is apt to witnesser an mean regular footfall of 10-15 lakh connected these days fixed the fig of radical visiting the temple municipality of late.

For the 3 days starting from the archetypal bath connected January 14 (Makar Sankranti) to 16, Ayodhya saw a footfall of astir 10 lakh pilgrims, the Kashi Vishwanath Temple successful Varanasi 7.41 lakh and the Vindhyavasini Dham successful Mirzapur astir 5 lakh.

The 3 places of pilgrimage person been asked to marque indispensable arrangements arsenic they are apt to spot a four-times summation successful the fig of visitors aft the Mauni Amavasya bath.

Meanwhile, alleging deficiency of due arrangements astatine the Maha Kumbh for sadhus, kalpavasi and different pilgrims, Congress MP Ujjwal Raman Singh connected Thursday said the authorities should larn from its mistakes and springiness peculiar attraction to the arrangements for Mauni Amavasya, erstwhile the crowds volition summation fourfold.

He demanded that VIP introduction should beryllium closed till Basant Panchami connected February 2.

While Union Home Minister Amit Shah is expected to instrumentality a dip astatine the Sangam successful the past week of this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is apt to sojourn Prayagraj successful the archetypal week of February.