The crowd of devotees is increasing in Prayagraj Mahakumbh. Flight, trains and buses from Indore to Prayagraj have become full. Flight fare has reached 24 thousand rupees, while long waiting is going on in trains.
By Prashant Pandey
Publish date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 08:52:59 AM (IST)
Updated date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 08:57:52 AM (IST)
Highlights
- Flight fare reached 24 thousand rupees.
- Long waiting, waiting in trains have reached 150.
- The fare of buses has also increased, passengers are upset.
New Duniya Representative, Indore (Indore to Prayagraj). Every day lakhs of devotees are reaching to take a dip of faith in Prayagraj Mahakumbh. Every thousands of people are going from Indore to Mahakumbh. The situation has become such that the fare of the flight has increased to 24 thousand rupees, while the trains are not getting a place to set foot.
More than 25 buses are being operated from Indore to Prayagraj, but arbitrary fare is also being charged in them. Four trains are being operated from Indore to Prayagraj. It has three regular and a special train. However, long waiting is going on in all trains.
Waiting has reached 150
These trains have only Mhow-Prayagraj’s only train, which are operating daily. In this train too, waiting has reached a sleeper coach on 190 to 200 and in third AC in different days.
Waiting in the sleeper coach of Mahakal Express going from Indore to Kashi via Indore to Prayagraj is beyond 90 and third AC is beyond 100.
Similarly, long waiting is going on in the Shipra Express running from Indore every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday to Howrah via Prayagraj. The train sleepers and third AC coaches have been rigged from January 30 to February 22, leaving one or two days.
Prayagraj Express going to Khajuraho
Due to the Mahakumbh Mela, the railway traffic pressure has increased so much that the Prayagraj Express running between Mhow-Prayagraj is being terminated at Khajuraho station for four days. On 28, January 29, 2 and 3 February, Mhow -run Prayagraj Express will be short terminated at Khajuraho station.
Similarly, on 29, 30 January, 3 and 4 February, the Prayagraj-Mho train running from Prayagraj railway station will run from Khajuraho station.
Two additional aircraft run on Sunday, February 1 flight full
On Wednesday, a large number of devotees arrived from Indore to bathe in Prayagraj Kumbh on Mauni Amavasya. The fare of connecting flight from Indore to Prayagraj between 29 to 31 January, which remains eight thousand rupees per seat in normal days, has reached 24 thousand rupees.
A direct flight from Indore to Prayagraj has been started by Alliance Air on Saturday. On January 25, due to the weekly regular flight of the airlines company, the company launched two additional flights from Indore to Prayagraj on 26 January which was full.
Flight remains on Monday itself
At the same time, there is only flight from Prayagraj to Indore on Monday, but due to increasing passenger demand, the company also ran a flight between Prayagraj to Indore on Sunday.
Not only this, Prayagraj’s flight from Indore on February 1 of Alliance Air has already become full. It is expected that in the coming days, the company may also start additional airline in view of passenger demand.
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