Northern Railways will run 30 to 35 particular trains in addition to 25 common trains for Kumbh Mela.
Planning to check out the Haridwar Kumbh Mela 2021? If yes, you will be glad to know that Piyush Goyal-chaired Railway Ministry is generating particular preparations for the fair. The central and state governments have been busy with the preparations for Haridwar Kumbh Mela 2021 for some time. Besides, Indian Railways has also been preparing for the fair. According to a Dainik Bhaskar report, work is going on at many railway stations at a price of about Rs 661 crores. Apart from this, a new railway station has also been constructed. Apart from the current trains, the national transporter is also set to run many particular train services. With the Makar Sankranti falling on 14 January, devotees will start out coming, which will continue till the month of April.
The new Yog Nagri Rishikesh railway station has been set up at a price of about Rs 220 crore. Three new platforms have been constructed at the station, with two sick lines and two washing lines. Also, in the washing line, an automatic coach washing plant has been installed. There is nevertheless single line involving Haridwar to Laksar. The line doubling work on this 27 km extended stretch will be completed by December 2020 at a price of about Rs 346 crores.
According to Northern Railways, the zone will run 30 to 35 particular trains in addition to 25 common trains for Kumbh Mela. For this, a total strategy has been ready and senior zonal railway officials are consistently supervising it. The Northern Railway zone will be operating these more particular train services for the Kumbh Mela thinking about the quantity of devotees.
Meanwhile, many other operates have been initiated by the national transporter for the fair. New foot-more than bridges have been created at Haridwar, Rishikesh, Motichur, Ethal, Pathri and Jwalapur railway stations. Apart from this, more platform surface, shelter, water booths as properly as circulating regions have been offered at these railway stations. Moreover, 83 unreserved, 21 reserved and 16 inquiry counters have been opened at these stations for passengers. Additionally, arrangements have been created for 340 CCTV cameras at about 10 stations along with Train Information System, the report added.