Prayagra: Rail Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday mentioned the Railways would run about 13,000 trains, together with 3,000 particular ones, for the comfort of devotees in the course of the Maha Kumbh.
The Union minister, who reached Prayagraj by practice from Varanasi to assessment the Railways’ preparations for the mega occasion, expects about 1.5 to 2 crore passengers to succeed in town by practice in the course of the mela.
The Maha Kumbh will begin on January 13 on the event of Paush Purnima and conclude on February 26 on Mahashivratri.
After inspecting a number of stations beneath the Northeast Railway, Northern Railway and the North Central Railway in Prayagraj, the minister advised reporters, “I additionally inspected the brand new bridge constructed over the Ganga, which can quickly be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A brand new bridge has been constructed over the Ganga right here after 100 years.”
“I personally inspected 5 stations. The holding areas at these stations, the place the devotees will have the ability to sit until their trains arrive, are superb. Color coding has been used within the holding areas and tickets in order that the devotees can attain the correct platform,” Vaishnaw added.
The minister additional mentioned that the cell UTS (Unreserved Ticket System) could be utilized in Prayagraj for the primary time.
The system was used in the course of the Rath Yatra in Puri, he mentioned.
“For the Maha Kumbh, the railway observe on the Prayagraj-Varanasi route has been doubled. The Phaphamau-Janghai part has been doubled. A second entrance has been constructed on the Jhansi, Phaphamau, Prayagraj, Subedarganj, Naini and the Cheoki stations,” Vaishnaw mentioned.
A management room has been arrange at each station that can ship reside feeds to the grasp management room on the Prayagraj station.
CCTV digital camera feed from Maha Kumbh Nagar and the police can even be obtained on the grasp management room.
The minister mentioned work on the Prayagraj station was carried out utilizing the expertise gained in the course of the Ram temple consecration programme in Ayodhya and the Rath Yatra in Puri.
Vaishnaw additionally mentioned greater than 23 holding areas had been constructed at varied stations in Prayagraj, aside from 48 platforms.
Equally, 21 foot overbridges have been constructed and preparations made for 554 ticketing kiosks.
The Indian Railways spent greater than Rs 5,000 crore on preparations for the Maha Kumbh prior to now two years, Vaishnaw mentioned.
Railway Board CEO Satish Kumar and different senior officers accompanied Vaishnaw in the course of the assessment.
