The Prayagraj Mela Authority is preparing to welcome 40 crore pilgrims during the 2025 Maha Kumbh. To ensure the safety of these pilgrims, various departments are preparing their own security measures. The Railways have decided to allow passengers to enter the station only after the trains are stationed on the platforms...
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during the Maha Kumbh. Additionally, passengers will be informed about the direction of their train beforehand to avoid overcrowding. Separate passenger enclosures with different capacities and colors will be created for different destinations at the railway station for pilgrims traveling by train during the Maha Kumbh. The decision about the exact capacity and color of these enclosures will be taken in the coming days. Pilgrims returning from the Sangam area will first be accommodated in these enclosures. Then, passengers will be allowed to enter the platform corresponding to the direction of the train once the train has arrived. It has been decided that passengers traveling to Delhi and other routes from Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Station will board trains from Prayagraj Junction. Passengers traveling to Pratapgarh, Lucknow, and Ayodhya will board trains from Prayagraj Junction, while passengers traveling to Varanasi and districts in eastern Uttar Pradesh will board trains from Prayagraj Rambag Station. Senior officials from all three railway zones are in constant contact to ensure the safe transportation of railway passengers and have reached a consensus on this matter. The DRM of the Varanasi Division, Vinay Kumar Shrivastava, stated that ensuring the safe transportation of all pilgrims is their duty and that these decisions have been taken accordingly.