The Uttar Pradesh Police are on their toes for the Maghi Purnima sacred bathtub that started early Wednesday. Lots of of 1000’s of devotees gathered within the Maha Kumbh Mela space in Pryagraj amid elaborate site visitors, crowd management and security measures. The UP police has already carried out elaborate measures to keep away from any unlucky incidents however with town exceeding its capability, it will likely be a problem for them to maintain issues transferring in a proper course.
With the Maghi Purnima bathtub, the month-long Kalpavas will conclude, and roughly 10 lakh Kalpvasis will start departing from the Maha Kumbh. The administration has urged all Kalpvasis to stick to site visitors laws and use designated parking areas. Since early morning, lakhs of devotees have already taken the holy dip on the Triveni Sangam and different ghats. In the meantime, an enormous inflow of pilgrims continues towards the Sangam Nostril.
Kumbh SSP Rajesh Dwivedi mentioned, “The motion of devotees is occurring easily and we’re caring for all (crowd) strain factors.” Officers mentioned they’ve made elaborate preparations for the event to make sure the devotees take the sacred bathtub with none trouble. The truthful space has been declared a ‘no automobile zone’ from four am on Tuesday, whereas your complete metropolis will turn into a no-vehicle zone from 5 pm onwards, with an exemption for emergency and important companies. To keep away from site visitors chaos, designated parking tons have been marked for private and non-private autos.
Prayagraj ADG Bhanu Bhaskar mentioned particular police forces have been deployed in any respect locations the place crowd administration turns into difficult. The particular site visitors plan will stay in drive until the completion of the showering ritual to make sure secure evacuation of devotees from the truthful space in case of any emergency.
Bhaskar mentioned that actual time knowledge is being collected from toll plazas and officers of neighboring districts in order that the variety of autos coming and the routes could be monitored and controlled.
Officers mentioned the state transport division has organized 1,200 extra shuttle buses, which will likely be out there each 10 minutes, for the return of the devotees, The Uttar Pradesh authorities mentioned on Tuesday that solely 14 days are left for the Maha Kumbh to finish. Greater than 45 crore folks have taken a dip within the Sangam to this point because the grand non secular occasion began on January 13.
The Maha Kumbh will conclude on February 26 with the ultimate Amrit Snan on the event of Mahashivratri. A stampede through the Manui Amaswya ‘Amirt Snan’ on January 29 had left, in response to the Uttar Pradesh authorities, 30 lifeless and 60 injured. (With PTI Inputs)
