Mahakumbh Traffic: These days, if you call someone and ask where you are, then he says ‘Prayagraj’. Open social media and you will see posts and reels of ‘Prayagraj’. Today, everyone is going to Mahakumbh in Prayagraj. However, the current state of Mahakumbh is very serious. The world’s largest traffic jam is currently in Prayagraj and it is more than 300 km long. Police are urging people on the highway to return if possible. However, the reason for this request is that ‘Prayagraj’ has now become ‘traffic-raj’. The reason for this traffic rule is not that people are going there, but there is management there. There is no system that can handle so much traffic.
Not eligible to handle traffic
There is a 300 km long traffic jam in Prayagraj today, but it was not so two-three days ago. Can be carried by car to Prayagraj. The parking facility starts at 20 kilometers. This means that parking starts before entering Prayagraj, but even then the vehicles can enter. However, there was a lot of traffic for this. The reason for this traffic is the system there. The police have no means of communication. There are two bridges to cross from Arail Ghat in Prayagraj. Jhusi is the place where Triveni Sangam is located and Yamuna is at Arail Ghat. Therefore, there are two bridges from Arail Ghat to Jhusi, the old Naini bridge and the new Yamuna bridge.
Everyone passes through this bridge. Therefore, the most traffic is seen on that bridge. To control this traffic, it is very important for the police to communicate with each other how much traffic is there and which roads are open. However, this does not happen in Prayagraj. The road near the circle on the new Yamuna Bridge is closed and the road has been opened on the circle located a short distance away. This causes traffic to collect at one place and as a result the traffic does not decrease. Therefore, if the road is opened in one direction at a time by communicating with each circle, then the traffic problem can be a very good solution.
Entry and exit into Prayagraj are different
Prayagraj can be reached from many places, but there are two main routes. A road leading from Bundelkhand that goes directly into the forest and where all people go to bathe. The second route is from Nagpur highway. Therefore, if the police only allow entry into ‘Prayagraj’ from the road entering Nagpur-Jabalpur and to get out of the Triveni Sangam in Jhusi and allow them to get out of Jhusi directly, then control over traffic to a large extent Can be done. If there are entry and exit on both sides, if each vehicle is in front of each other, then traffic is sure to happen.
Another major cause of traffic is people walking on the road.
People who come to bathe are walking on the road on their own free will. The number of people coming to bathe here is very high. So wherever you look on the road, people keep meeting. If a path is made for them, the traffic jam can be reduced. For example, if a barricade is placed on a lane on a three -lane road and the traffic is limited to the same lane, the cars can easily run on the remaining two lanes. However, a few seconds after a person leaves here, another person also goes away and this sequence continues, which makes it difficult for the car to move forward. Therefore, if a separate corridor is made for pedestrians, it can be managed very well.
Pipa-coal is very publicly propagated, but it is not used correctly
Pipa-poop has been greatly promoted by the Yogi government. Many such bridges have been built, but they are not being used in a specific and systematic manner. The numbers have been given to the Pipa bridges built near Sector 20 and 21. Numbers from 1 to 13 are given. This bridge goes to Triveni Sangam and Hanumanji Temple. However, entry and exit have been arranged on all these bridges. If it is systematically used, congestion at Triveni Sangam can also be reduced. Pipa pool number one is closest to Triveni Sangam. Therefore, if one to six bridges are built only for exit and all the remaining seven bridges are built for entry, then a systematic process can be adopted.
If people visiting and going do not face each other, then traffic decreases. Also, since the exit door is next to the bath, people can get out quickly, and since people come from the front gate to take a bath, it takes them time to reach Triveni Sangam, so there The crowd can be very low. However, the police there can close the bridge at any time and reopen it at any time. People do not know when the bridge will open and due to this they get trapped, which increases congestion.
No need for lockdown, it is necessary to get out
All roads are closed by the police at night. Therefore, the person who is inside cannot come out and the person who is outside cannot go inside. It is not Kovid-19 due to which the roads are being closed by the police. It is necessary to provide exit routes to reduce congestion. The crowd will be reduced only when people go out. It is very strange why the people and administration there are not understanding this simple argument. The common man can also understand this and when a policeman is asked about this, the answer is, ‘We have orders, we will keep it closed.’
He was once again told that they had taken a shower and going out, and when people go out, only then the crowd will be less. So the police reply is, ‘If they let us go from here, then people from outside will say, “If they let us go, why will we not go?” This is not rational at all. The difference between exit and entry is quite simple. Also, this lockdown is such that even local residents cannot come out from there. This means that this system is full of problems not only for the people but also for the people living there.
It is necessary to command the army, not the police.
There is traffic in Prayagraj and no one is allowed to carry a car. However, cars of VIP and VVIP as well as their family and close friends are allowed to pass. Also, a police car is also running with him to let this car go. There you will see the police siren playing continuously and you will see such vehicles continuously. Then when the police is busy taking such people there, how can she pay attention to the plight of the common man? Therefore, when the army is entrusted with the command, everyone follows their instructions. Here the police will focus on VIP and VVIP cars only, right?
The reason for this tragedy is the madness of the people.
There is no guarantee that the tragedy in Mahakumbh will not happen again. The reason behind this is the madness of the people. People bathe at Triveni Sangam and sleep on the ground. When the police take people out of the bathroom and they do not come out even after announced many times, not once, the police themselves come there and take out the people. At this time people try to run away fearfully. Seeing one person running, the other person feels that the police is lathi, but the police is just asking people to get out. Thus, looking at one, the other runs away, and the resulting chaos spreads. At this time, a person who slept on the ground is unable to get up and people pass over him, causing accidents. Therefore, no one should do stupidity to sleep on the ground all night at Triveni Sangam.
