A large number of devotees are reaching Prayagraj to take a dip of faith in Mahakumbh. There is a huge jam due to the huge crowd in Prayagraj. It seems as if the mound of ants has been erected. The 12 -hour journey is going on for 20 hours. The Sangam station has been closed. The administration is completely ready and is constantly requesting people not to crowd.
The biggest religious gathering of this century is going on in Prayagraj.
The biggest religious gathering of this century is going on in Prayagraj and every day lakhs of devotees are taking a holy bath in Mahakumbh. The administration is more alert after a stampede in the Kumbh Mela area on Mauni Amavasya and hence only a limited number of devotees are being allowed to enter Prayagraj. Due to this, there has been a situation of jam for several kilometers on the roads entering Prayagraj from different districts and people have to be stuck in the jam for 8-10 hours. Since January 13, more than 40 crore devotees have taken a bath in Sangam and this figure is continuously increasing.
More than 40 crore devotees bathed in Sangam
The Freedom Fighter Express stops at Samastipur railway station in Bihar and a large crowd of devotees start struggling to go inside. In a few minutes the train gets jammed and hundreds of people stand out in help. The crowd of the crowd at the station is that the porter is offering one thousand rupees from the passengers and offering it in the train from the emergency window. But the crowd is so much that the general coaches and sleeper coaches of the train have become the same and wherever everyone is finding, is entering the train to go to Prayagraj. This situation is in Samastipur, about 500 km from Sangamnagar. From this, it can be guessed how many number of devotees from all over the country are reaching Prayagraj.
Trains, roads, stations crowds everywhere
Not only Samastipur railway station, but also the situation of crowds at all railway stations of UP including Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi. The road is jammed for several kilometers, even vehicles coming towards Prayagraj are returning before entering the district due to the jam. Roads are filled with vehicles. There is a huge crowd at railway stations and there is no place in trains going to Prayagraj. This is when the government has run more than 100 special trains on the Prayagraj route.
Long traffic jam on the roads going to Prayagraj
The crowd is that the Sangam railway station in Prayagraj had to be closed by 14 February. Roads going to Prayagraj via districts of Rewa, Chitrakoot, Mirzapur, Varanasi, Jaunpur, Lucknow, Pratapgarh, Kanpur, Kaushambi etc. are filled with vehicles. On Sunday, Jhunsi, Naini and Phaphamau areas of Prayagraj got about 10 km long jam. Most people are trying to reach Prayagraj by private vehicles and due to this, the roads are being jammed.
Out of a total of 112 parking sites built on 7 roads in Prayagraj, only 36 parking sites are active. This is the reason that the convoy of private vehicles is moving towards Prayagraj and due to lack of parking facilities, there is a long jam on the roads. Apart from this, traffic jams are also taking place on the main highways due to the return of large number of vehicles. People trapped on the streets are appealing to the Prayagraj police to open the jam through social media.
