30 people have died in the accident on Tuesday-Budhwar (January 28-29) at Prayagraj Mahakumbh. At the same time, 60 people are injured. The administration has given information about this. Expressing grief over this incident, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was strangled. He announced a compensation of Rs 25 lakh to the families of the deceased. Also ordered a judicial inquiry. After the accident, he has also given necessary instructions to change the Kumbh region.
Describing this incident as a lesson, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said, “The government has decided that the incident Judicial inquiry Will be done. For this, we have constituted a 3 -member judicial commission with former DG VK Gupta and retired IAS DK Singh under the chairmanship of Justice Harsh Kumar. He said that all the arrangements can be made in the fair area, everyone has been deployed.
Mahakumbh stampede: CM Yogi became emotional at the death of devotees#Cmyogi , #MAHAKUMBHSTAMPEDE pic.twitter.com/8tods1rrrw
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After the accident, the entire Kumbh Mela area has been declared a ‘no-vehicle zone’. No type of vehicle in the area will be allowed inside. All VVIP passes have also been canceled. The vehicle will not get admission in the Kumbh region through any kind. In addition, all routes have been made one-way. That is, both the arrival and knowing of the devotees on a way will not work. Only one of them will be.
In addition, vehicles coming from outside will be stopped on the border of Prayagraj. Inside them Permission to come Will not happen. The entry of four-wheelers in the city has been completely banned by February 4. The convoy of VVIP bath and escort vehicles has been banned. Only bikes, ambulances, municipal corporations and fire vehicles will run inside. Those who put a street vendor on the roads will be shifted to another place, so that there is no jam etc.
In view of the crowd, CM should run additional buses of Transport Corporation, stay people and their Food and water system Instructions have also been given to do. Along with this, power supply has also been asked to ensure. Along with this, instructions have been given to increase police patrolling at crowded places. The system was also ordered to control the system in Ayodhya and Varanasi.
Yogi Adityanath from Chief Secretary and Director General of Police Mahakumbh Mela Has asked to review the arrangements of. Along with this, he has ordered the deployment to further strengthen the arrangements to Ashish Goyal, Divisional Commissioner of Prayagraj during Kumbh 2019. Five special secretary level officers are being appointed to oversee the operation. All these officers will remain in Kumbh region till 12 February.
After the stampede incident, Chief Minister Yogi made Prayagraj and its surrounding districts- Kaushambi, Varanasi, Ayodhya, Mirzapur, Basti, Jaunpur, Chitrakoot, Banda, Ambedkarnagar, Pratapgarh, Sant Kabir Nagar, Bhadohi, Rae Bareli, Gorakhpur, DM and DM and DM of many districts of many districts. Talked late night through video conferencing to senior police officers and other officers.
CM Yogi has also postponed the proposed Delhi meeting on January 30 for the Delhi Assembly elections and he is monitoring the system in Ayodhya and Varanasi along with the arrangement of Kumbh. It is believed that his 30 January in Delhi Wali rally Can be held on 31 January.
