Every year a grand fair is organized in Junagadh on the day of Mahashivaratri and every year lakhs of devotees come to see it. This year too, a large number of people came and the fair was concluded without any major incident. However, Junagadh fair on Shivaratri S.T. The department has benefited and earned a large amount of revenue.
More than 2 lakh passengers traveled in 7,598 trips
This year the ST department has received an estimated income of Rs 1 crore 42 lakh, while last year the ST department received an income of Rs 1 crore 50 lakh. This year, the number of tourists in the Junagadh fair has increased. Tea. The department has increased the number of additional 300 big buses and 70 mini buses. More than 2 lakh passengers traveled by the ST department in 7,598 trips for passengers. Mahashivaratri fair was held in Junagadh from 22 February to 27 February. For the Mahashivaratri fair, ST Corporation had decided to run 4000 trips to Junagadh.
Tight security arrangements were made for the Mahashivaratri fair.
Police arrangements were made at various places in Junagadh city for Mahashivaratri fair. More than 2,500 policemen from four districts were deployed to protect the pilgrims. NDRF and SDRF teams were also deployed to prevent any untoward incident. The Municipal Corporation also renewed all the roads of the fair road. Along with this, technology was specially used keeping in mind security this year.
