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Prayagraj, 08 October (HS). The 11th meeting of the apex committee of Prayagraj Mahakumbh Mela was held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar Singh. He said that only a few months are left for the organization of Maha Kumbh Mela. The Additional Chief Secretary or Principal Secretary of the concerned departments should conduct on-site inspection and ensure that the work of the under construction projects is completed within the stipulated time with the prescribed standards and quality.
He said that a library should be established in the fair area. In which text books related to Sanatan Dharma and culture and Mahakumbh should be kept. So that the devotees coming to the fair area can enrich their knowledge by reading the book. In the meeting, approval was given to the proposal of the Public Works Department for widening and strengthening of Raina Marg at a cost of Rs 281.84 lakh for easy transportation during the Maha Kumbh Mela. This route goes from Triveni Marg to Samudrakup Marg. Approval was given to the proposal of Public Works Department worth Rs 798.17 lakh for construction of temporary warehouse, temporary boundary wall and access road along with other store related work for Mahakumbh in Prayagraj.
In the meeting, as per the advice given by the experts of IIT Guwahati for Maha Kumbh, in-principle consent was given for the work related to the increase of circulating area from Shastri Bridge to Sangam Nose on the right bank of river Ganga in Prayagraj at a cost of Rs 1957.71 lakh, as well as Instructions were given to the Irrigation Department to prepare a relevant proposal and send it to the Urban Development Department. It was also said that further action should be ensured by the Urban Development Department. The Municipal Corporation's proposal to engage 3200 additional sanitation workers for cleaning work through outsourcing for 90 days was approved in the meeting. Rs 1435.32 lakh will be spent on this.
Similarly, a proposal worth Rs 362.54 lakh was approved for the supply of cleaning equipment and pesticides for cleaning work. For the convenience of the devotees, a proposal worth Rs 125.86 lakh was approved for the construction of pre-cast toilets at the railway stations located in Prayagraj. Apart from this, Rs 73.62 lakh for the arrangement of solid waste processing generated under Kumbh area, Rs 203.78 lakh for tree plantation and beautification work in Shri Krishna Park, Rs 107.34 lakh for tree plantation and beautification work in Tikona Park located at Lalla Chungi and 200 TPD Bio CNG plant. A proposal worth Rs 382.56 lakh was approved for the electricity connection work.
The Chief Secretary said that four Guinness World Records will be made in the Mahakumbh. Through this, the fair administration will give the message of green and clean Mahakumbh to the whole world. A total of Rs 4.87 crore will be spent on this. A parade of one thousand e-rickshaws will be taken out by the fair administration, which will be a record. A record of cleaning the ghats will be made by 15 thousand people together. Apart from this, another record will also be made for the cleanliness of rivers. 300 people will enter the river together and will give impetus to the cleanliness campaign and will give the message of cleanliness to the entire world. A record will be created for handprint printing by 10 thousand people in just eight hours in Ganga Pandal and fair area. This proposal was approved by the apex committee in the meeting.
Apart from this, a proposal of Rs 95.53 lakh was approved for overall evaluation of Mahakumbh by IIT Kanpur. The team of IIT Kanpur will research and submit a report on police security and their deployment plans, traffic and movement experience of devotees, planning of all the works related to the fair, organization and project management strategies and socio-economic impact of the fair. A proposal worth Rs 2847.40 lakh was approved to purchase 20,000 pieces of 9 meter steel tubular poles for temporary electrification works. Similarly, a proposal of Rs 19.304 lakh for the construction of a permanent police station and Rs 48.61 lakh for the renovation and strengthening of Yamuna Guest House in Police Line Commissionerate, Prayagraj was approved. The proposal of Rs 965.08 lakh of the Food and Logistics Department was approved for the work of providing food grains, sugar and cooking gas at the price fixed by the government to the visiting Kalpavasis and devotees.
In the same sequence, PDA proposal of Rs 347.95 lakh for developing vertical garden on Shastri Bridge and Phaphamau Bridge and proposal of Rs 497.80 lakh for Yamuna River Front was approved. Moti Lal Nehru Medical College's proposal of Rs 230 lakh for a 12-bed burn unit under the National Program for Burn Surgery and a 26-bed burn unit under the Rani Lakshmibai Mahila Samman Kosh Yojana was approved.
In the meeting, Principal Secretary Urban Development Amrit Abhijat, Principal Secretary Tourism Mukesh Meshram, Principal Secretary Public Works Ajay Chauhan, Principal Secretary Medical Education Partha Sarathi Sen Sharma, Principal Secretary Information Sanjay Prasad, Fair Officer Vijay Kiran Anand, Information Director Shishir and other officials of the concerned departments were present. Other senior officers etc. were present.