At a number of areas, devotees have been noticed arguing with cops, demanding the elimination of barricades to permit their autos to cross.
Massive crowds of devotees attending the Mahakumbh prompted extreme traffic jams in Prayagraj, leaving hundreds stranded on the roads without meals and water for a number of hours.
Reports point out that each one roads resulting in the Sangam, the place the Ganga, Yamuna, and the legendary Saraswati rivers converge, have been congested with autos. Devotees struggled to even stroll towards the Sangam amid the chaos.
Additionally, the routes connecting Prayagraj to Madhya Pradesh, Lucknow, Varanasi, and different areas have been closely full of autos. Many devotees reported ready for over eight hours to achieve the Sangam.
Prayagraj Sangam railway station was closed because of extreme crowd exterior the station.
At a number of areas, devotees have been noticed arguing with cops, demanding the elimination of barricades to permit their autos to cross.
Anamika Tewari, a devotee, shared her expertise of being caught a number of kilometers earlier than Prayagraj for hours. “It took five to six hours to travel a distance of six kilometers,” she said.
Reports additionally indicated chaotic scenes in Varanasi, Hardoi, and different stations, the place passengers heading to the Maha Kumbh tried to power their means into already overcrowded compartments, which have been locked from the within.
In Varanasi, a gaggle of ladies pressured their means into the engine of a prepare heading to Prayagraj after being unable to enter the passenger coaches. They have been later eliminated with help from the police. Meanwhile, in Hardoi, annoyed passengers vandalized the coaches after being unable to entry the overcrowded compartments.
Meanwhile, Akhilesh Yadav criticized the state authorities for its “poor arrangements” and known as for the supply of meals and water for devotees who had been stranded for a number of hours. He questioned on social media, “Are the ordinary devotees not human beings?”
ADCP (Traffic) Kuldeep Singh stated, “The number of vehicles is very high and the passengers are trying to come as close as possible to the Maha Kumbh Mela area. Due to this, there is a long jam.” Singh stated that just about the identical crowd is coming now as had come on ‘Mauni Amavasya’.
“The distant parking lot is 50 per cent full. The nearest parking lot is a small parking lot, while the distant parking lot is big,” he stated.He stated that the autos of the native individuals don’t run on the showering competition, however now all kinds of autos are working.
(With the inputs of PTI)
