Madhya Pradesh police and Prayagraj administration in Uttar Pradesh are on alert as authorities note a significant increase in inbound traffic to the city hosting Mahakumbh Mela. The increase comes as a spike in crowd heading to Mahakumbh led to a stampede at New Delhi railway station.
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According to authorities, the number of inbound traffic in Rewa has increased in the past 24 hours. Rewa in Madhya Pradesh borders with Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh. According to officials, while 1,000 vehicles were crossing the Chakghat border every hour and heading towards Prayagraj, only close to 800 vehicles were returning from there. The Chakghat border is located 45km away from Prayagraj.
Saket Prakash Pandey, Inspector General, Rewa, said, “The number of Prayagraj-bound vehicles on National Highway No 30 has increased in the past 24 hours. In addition, a large number of people were also returning from Prayagraj, resulting in the increase in number of vehicles on the road,” PTI reported. Pandey added the administration is on alert mode considering the increase in vehicles and as of now, they are not stopping vehicles at important points like we are not stopping the vehicles at Bela, Gangev and Chakghat.
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Udit Mishra, Sub-Divisional Officer of Police said there is an increase in the number of vehicles and arrangements have been made at holding areas for pilgrims. Pilgrim holding areas have also been established in Madhya Pradesh as well.
Pilgrims heading to Mahakumbh had to reportedly spent close to 48 hours in long traffic jams during the weekend earlier this month. Reportedly, 300-km long traffic was noted on Uttar Pradesh-Madhya Pradesh border during the previous weekend.
Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav had slammed the Yogi Adityanath government over poor traffic arrangements for Mahakumbh and said the severe traffic jam even affected the supply of essential goods to Prayagraj.
