Lucknow: Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, ordered officials to prepare a roamap for the Mahakumbh in Prayagraj in 2025.
While assessing the Mahakumbh preparations, the CM issued a number of directives, an official statement read.
The CM directed officers to discuss making arrangements for more superfast trains from Prayagraj to Lucknow and Delhi with the Railway Ministry to make certain the smooth movement of pilgrims during Mahakumbh 2025.
He also gave the go-ahead to speak with the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) in order to strengthen the connection to Prayagraj and the route connecting it to Ayodhya, Lucknow, and Gorakhpur as well as to complete all outstanding roads by October 2024.
All concerned departments have received orders from the state government to speed up the completion of unfinished projects for the years 2022–2033.
To ensure that the Public Works Department, Jal Nigam, Flood Work Section, UP Power Corporation Limited, Prayagraj Municipal Corporation, State Road Transport Corporation, and Tourism Department can complete all of their projects on schedule, the State Bridge Corporation has been asked to expedite the construction of pending bridges.
Preparations are also being afoot for the Mahakumbh-2025's website, mobile app and social media management.
During the last Kumbh Mela in 2019, the fair authority engaged the agency through the QCBS system, by issuing a tender for website design and development, so as to provide better facilities to devotees, Kalpavasis, and tourists visiting the fair, in which approximately Rs 2.27 crore was funded from the Kumbh Mela budget.
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