The stampede on the Sangam throughout the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj has led to vital disruptions in practice providers, notably affecting pilgrims travelling from Bihar. Many trains from Patna Junction to Prayagraj, together with Superfast trains like Bhagalpur Anand Vihar Vikramshila Categorical, Brahmaputra Mail, Danapur Bengaluru Categorical, Raxaul Mumbai Categorical, Danapur Sogaria Garib Rath Categorical, Muzaffarpur Pune AC Categorical, Baba Baidyanathdham Deoghar SuperFast Categorical, Patna Anand Vihar Particular Categorical and Muzaffarpur Secunderabad Particular Categorical trains have been cancelled.
Moreover, two Kumbh particular trains originating from the Patna Junction have additionally been cancelled. This case has precipitated appreciable inconvenience to devotees who travelled from distant districts of Bihar to Patna Junction, solely to search out their trains cancelled.
Stories point out that no assist desk has been established at Patna Junction to help Kumbh passengers, exacerbating their difficulties. In gentle of the stampede on Wednesday morning, the Indian Railways has cancelled a number of trains going in direction of Prayagraj to handle the scenario and guarantee security.
Passengers are suggested to examine the most recent practice schedules and cancellations earlier than planning their journey. It’s also really useful to succeed in out to railway authorities for help and keep up to date by way of official channels to keep away from additional inconvenience. A number of casualties are feared after a “stampede-like” scenario broke out on the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj within the early hours of Wednesday.
Whereas the precise information stay unclear, officers mentioned that the injured have been taken to the central hospital established on the Kumbh grounds. No less than 10 crore pilgrims had been anticipated to flock to the Maha Kumbh Mela on Wednesday to take a sacred dip within the river on the holy event of ‘Mauni Amavasya’.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has requested devotees to keep away from going to the ‘Sangam Nostril’, the place the stampede happened. The Maha Kumbh Mela 2025 commenced on January 13 and is scheduled to proceed till February 26, with key bathing dates attracting thousands and thousands of pilgrims.