8-10 crore devotees likely on Mauni Amavasya
Prayagraj: After 'Paush Purnima' bathing ritual festival on the first day of Maha Kumbh and 'Makar Sankranti's Amrit Snan' on the second day, a large scale-cleanliness campaign has been started to clean the Sangam Ghat area.
The dirt on the ghats is being cleaned rapidly. Cleaning workers deployed on the ghats are engaged in removing all types of dirt while a campaign to clean toilets is also being run.
This time the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led government has resolved to establish Mahakumbh as a 'Swacch Mahakumbh with special emphasis on cleanliness.
Special teams have been formed to remove the garbage left in the fair area. The materials left by the devotees are being collected and disposed of at the appropriate place. Work is going on at a fast pace on the plan to dispose of the collected garbage by depositing it in black liner bags.
The toilets used during the fair are being cleaned on a large scale. Additional teams of sanitation workers have been engaged in this work. Special attention is being paid to the cleanliness of the toilets installed from the parking to the ghats. A large number of these toilets have been used in the last two days, after which, seeing the need to bring them into use again, the fair administration has given instructions for appropriate action.
As part of the Maha Kumbh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath convened a high-level review meeting and stressed the importance of seamless arrangements to accommodate a massive turnout of devotees expected to visit the Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj for the holy dip during Mauni Amavasya on January 29.
According to an official release, Chief Minister Yogi has directed authorities to expedite preparations for the Maha Kumbh in anticipation of 8-10 crore devotees arriving for the Mauni Amavasya on January 29.
While reviewing the situation of the last three days with senior government level officials on Wednesday, CM Yogi said that more than 6 crore people received the holy dip in Triveni on the two major festivals of Paush Purnima and Makar Sankranti.
The Chief Minister noted that the Paush Purnima and Makar Sankranti, saw over 6 crore devotees participating in the sacred bath at the Triveni Sangam, highlighting the need to ensure smoother logistics, enhanced safety, and better crowd management for Mauni Amavasya.
He instructed officials to expedite the implementation of measures, including transportation, sanitation, medical facilities, and law enforcement, to handle the unprecedented number of devotees.
He issued instructions that by communicating with the railways, the timely movement of Maha Kumbh special trains should be ensured and said that regular and special trains should be operated continuously.
The Chief Minister also pointed out the need to improve the mobile network in the Maha Kumbh area, and also stressed on the continuous operation of buses, shuttle buses and electric buses.
He said that toilets should be cleaned regularly, the ghats should be barricaded and electricity and drinking water supply should be provided in all sectors.
Many officials including Chief Secretary, Additional Chief Secretary to Chief Minister, Director General of Police, Principal Secretary Home and Information, Principal Secretary Urban Development, Chairman Power Corporation and Director Information were present in the meeting.
Devotees continued to take holy dip at Triveni Sangam on the third day of the 45-day-long Maha Kumbh that began on January 13.
Over 50 million devotees have taken holy dip on the first two days of what is considered to be the biggest gathering of human beings on the planet.
On Tuesday, during the first Amrit Snan of Mahakumbh 2025 on Makar Sankranti, the Uttar Pradesh government, led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, organised a grand flower shower from helicopters, showering lakhs of devotees at the Sangam Bank in rose petals.
Flowers were showered on all the ghats and Akharas. The sight of rose petals raining down overwhelmed the devotees, who responded with heartfelt chants of Jai Shri Ram and Har Har Mahadev.
CM Yogi described Mahakumbh as a symbol of the immense power and faith of Sanatan Dharma. He wrote, "On the first Amrit Snan day, more than 3.5 crore revered saints and devotees earned the merit of bathing in the eternal and pure Triveni Sangam." (ANI)
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