Friday, 13 DECEMBER 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN
The Uttar Pradesh government, led by chief minister Yogi Adityanath, is dedicated to making Mahakumbh 2025 at Prayagraj a global symbol of India’s cultural unity with 45 crore people expected to attend it. As part of this endeavour and vision, the UP Women’s Welfare, Child Development and Nutrition minister Baby Rani Maurya led a roadshow in Uttarakhand on Thursday. She highlighted the Mahakumbh as a unique celebration of unity within India’s diversity and extended an invitation to the Uttarakhand governor Gurmit Singh and chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami along with the people of Uttarakhand to participate in the Prayagraj Mahakumbh-2025. She claimed that the government is taking significant steps to ensure the event is historic, featuring international participation and state-of-the-art facilities. Speaking to the media after the roadshow she said, “Many of you may have witnessed the divine and grand experience of the Prayagraj Kumbh in 2019, which became an indelible symbol of India’s cultural pride on the global stage. The world widely acknowledged the efficient management of the event.” She further emphasised that this Mahakumbh will surpass the previous one in both grandeur and divine essence. Prayagraj Mahakumbh-2025 is expected to welcome over 45 crore pilgrims, saints, ascetics and tourists. In preparation, the Uttar Pradesh government has made meticulous and timely arrangements.
Maurya informed, “Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s guidance and CM Yogi’s leadership, the Mahakumbh will take place in Prayagraj from January 13 to February 26, 2025, on the sacred banks of the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna, and Saraswati rivers. Recognised by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, the Mahakumbh will once again be held on the holy land of Prayag after a gap of 12 years. It will be a clean, healthy, safe and digital Mahakumbh. A pledge has been taken to make the event environment friendly by declaring it a single-use plastic-free Mahakumbh. As part of this initiative, various shops for dona-pattal vendors will be allocated within the Mela area, and meetings have been conducted with principals of 400 schools to discuss cleanliness. The initiative for a clean Mahakumbh is being communicated to four lakh children and five times the population of Prayagraj. Furthermore, under the ‘Har Ghar Dastak’ campaign, the message of a single-use plastic-free environment is being delivered to every household.”
She further informed that the preparations include the launch of a dedicated website and app, an AI-powered chatbot in 11 languages, QR-based passes for people and vehicles, a multilingual digital lost-and-found center, ICT monitoring for cleanliness and tents, software for land and facility allocation, multilingual digital signage (VMD), an automated ration supply system, drone-based surveillance and disaster management, live software for monitoring 530 projects, an inventory tracking system and integration of all locations on Google Maps.
