With 250-Km-Long Roads & 22 Bridges, Prayagraj To Have World¡¯s Biggest Temporary City For Kumbh
The Kumbh Mela 2019 will be held in Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh. UP government expects 6 lakh villagers from across India and over 5000 NRIs. The temporary city will have 250 km long roads and 22 pontoon bridges. The area will be brightened up with over 40000 LED lights.
The Kumbh Mela 2019 will be held in Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh and massive preparations have been made to hold millions of devotees. The UP government on Monday said that Prayagraj will have the largest temporary city of the world.
The temporary city will have 250 km long roads and 22 pontoon bridges. The Kumbh Mela area, for the first time, will be brightened up with over 40,000 LED lights.
UNESCO has already included Kumbh in the list of "Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity".
At this year's Kumbh Mela, the Uttar Pradesh government expects 6 lakh villagers from across India and over 5,000 NRIs.
It is also for the first time in the last 450 years that the devotees coming to the Kumbh will have an opportunity to pray at 'Akshay Vat' and 'Sarasvati Koop'.
"The Kumbh is organised at Triveni Sangam, but it is related to entire Prayagraj area. Keeping this in view, the state government has beautified all the places directly or indirectly linked to the Kumbh. For convenience of the devotees and the tourists visiting the Kumbh, the facility of reaching there by air, road and river has been made for the first time", read a statement issued by the state government.
The state government had earmarked an amount of Rs. 2,800 crore for Kumbh Mela-2019 along with the various projects of stable development. Besides, works of stable development are being carried out at Kumbh Mela and Prayagraj with a total amount of Rs 4,300 crore from other budget.
During 2013 Kumbh held in Prayagraj, an amount of Rs. 1,214 crore was spent.
Ambassadors of about 71 countries have already witnessed the preparations for this grand event. They have unfurled the national flag of their countries on the bank of Triveni in Kumbh Mela area.
The state government also said that the representatives of 192 countries will be visiting Kumbh in the month of February.
Millions of devotees are expected to arrive in the city to take a holy dip in Triveni Sangam.
