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Indian Railways offers special facilities to pilgrims for Nasik -Trambakeshwar Sinhanstha Kumbh Mela – 2015
Indian Railways Offers Special Facilities To Pilgrims For Nasik -Trambakeshwar Sinhanstha Kumbh Mela – 2015. Once again rising to the occasion, Indian Railways has made elaborate and varied arrangements and undertaken several measures to provide adequate railway facilities for several lakhs of pilgrims who are expected to visit the Sinhanstha Kumbh Mela – 2015 which began at Nasik and the adjacent town Trambakeshwar in Maharashtra from 14th July 2015 and will continue upto September 2015.
Central Railway gears up its machinery to create necessary facilities and services for the travelling public in connection with Kumbh Mela
Once again rising to the occasion, Indian Railways has made elaborate and varied arrangements and undertaken several measures to provide adequate railway facilities for several lakhs of pilgrims who are expected to visit the Sinhanstha Kumbh Mela – 2015 which began at Nasik and the adjacent town Trambakeshwar in Maharashtra from 14th July 2015 and will continue upto September 2015. Zonal Railways especially the Central Railway (Headquarters); Mumbai have geared up their respective machineries in a big way to ensure adequate railway facilities and comfort for the huge travelling public in connection with the Kumbh Mela.
Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu had reviewed the arrangements with the Railway Board and the Central Railway and given appropriate instructions and directions for ensuring best possible facilities to the railway passengers visiting the Kumbh Mela. The Railway Minister also had reviewed the arrangements along with the Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
The special focus has been given in creating relevant facilities in and around Nasik and Trambakeshwar for the convenience of the travelling public. The measures and facilities undertaken by the Railway administration include additional counters for ticketing and enquiry, new Foot Over Bridges several special trains, extra coaches in popular trains, revamping of platforms and waiting halls, new enclosures with water taps and toilets, additional deployment of secutiry, CCTV monitoring, medical facilities, deployment of additional staff, effective mechanism for crowd management, facilities for drinking water and catering, effective public information system and officers’ committees for monitoring and supervision. For facilitating Railway Passengers & Pilgrimages, various works of Rs. 25.8 Crore have been executed by Central Railway.
Some of the details are as follows: -
Important days
While the arrangements have been made for the entire Kumbh Mela period however, following important days of the Kumb Mela have been identified for the special attention.
1st Shahi Snaan : 29/08/2015 (Saturday)
2nd Shahi Snaan : 13/09/2015 (Sunday)
3rd Shahi Snaan : 18/09/2015 (Friday)
4th Shahi Snaan : 25/09/2015 (Friday)
