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Mahakumbh 2025 Mahakumbh 2025, a confluence of religion and faith, is about to begin. This Mahakumbh will run for 45 days from 13 January to 26 February in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. During this period thousands of devotees will reach here. Mahakumbh 2025, along with being a religious festival, will also promote economic activities. Businessmen also expect big earnings from Mahakumbh. Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Prayagraj yesterday i.e. on Friday and launched development projects worth Rs 5500 crore to improve the infrastructure of the city.
This number can remain in Mahakumbh this year
This time Mahakumbh is going to be very grand. About 40 crore devotees are expected to come to the Mahakumbh to be held in Prayagraj in 2025, whereas 25 crore devotees had come to the 2019 Kumbh. This time the area of the fair ground is 4,000 hectares, which is 20% more than in 2019. This area will be divided into 25 sectors. Similarly, this time the size of the tent city has also doubled from 2019, with a total of 1.6 lakh tents. In view of such a large number of devotees, many deep concrete structures have been built.
Everyone is getting employment through the grand scheme
Although the Kumbh Mela is a spiritual event, the economic activities associated with it created employment opportunities for more than six lakh workers in various sectors in 2019. The administration is making tireless efforts to make this event grand. This time more temporary bridges are being built than before. In 2019 its number was 22, which is more than 30 this time. Apart from this, 400 km of temporary roads are being built. A network of street lights is being laid in the entire area. Its number has been increased from 40,000 to 67,000. In this way, this great festival of faith has given employment and work to a large number of people. In view of such a large number of devotees, many ghats have been engaged in concreting work so that they can also earn.
Green environment Mahakumbh with cleanliness
This time, 1.5 lakh toilets are being constructed at the fair grounds to meet the sanitation and drainage needs and 10,000 sanitation workers will be deployed to keep it clean. Whereas in 2019 most of the greenery was in pots. Officials said that more than 550 shuttle buses and more than 7000 roadways buses will be run for the convenience of the devotees. Since last time, the number of bus stations has been increased from five to seven.
Revenue of Rs 1.2 lakh crore received in 2019
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav has said that for the convenience of devotees during Mahakumbh, Railways will run about 13,000 trains including 3,000 special trains. He expects that around 1.5 crore to 2 crore passengers will reach Prayagraj by train during this period. According to a report, from the last Mahakumbh held in 2013, a total of Rs. Rs 12,000 crore in revenue, which includes increase in airport and hotel infrastructure, compared to Rs 1.2 lakh crore in Kumbh 2019.
Rs 3000 crore will be spent on marketing
The industry is very excited about Mahakumbh. Various companies including tourism hope that from here they can get many opportunities to promote their business activities, hence the industry is going to spend at least Rs 3000 crore on branding and marketing in Mahakumbh. According to a report, from Hindustan Unilever to EV companies have also shown interest in it, companies want to take advantage of this confluence of trust for commercial gains, they are spending more than ever on marketing, setting up stalls, Even the appointment of distributors has been started. Not only this, many companies are also launching spiritual packages, companies like Dabur have also made special preparations for this event.
There will be a big impact on the economy
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath says that Mahakumbh will have a big impact on the economy of the state. The government has allocated Rs 2,500 crore for Mahakumbh in the budget of 2024-25. At the same time, the Center has approved a special grant of Rs 2,100 crore for Mahakumbh. Overall, the Mahakumbh of faith is also going on and will prove to be a Mahakumbh of economic activities.