"The accident took place on the Prayagraj-Mirzapur highway on late Friday night when a car carrying devotees from Chattisgarh to Maha Kumbh collided with a bus. 10 people died in the accident..." said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Yamunanagar, Vivek Chandra Yadav.
As pe the instructions issued, devotees or people coming to take a dip from the Parade Mela area towards the Sangam would be able to take bath at the Sangam and the other ghats built towards the parade area.
For the convenience of devotees intending to visit the Maha Kumbh Mela, Railways will run Vande Bharat Special train No. 02252/02251 on February 15, 16 and 17 between New Delhi and Varanasi (via Prayagraj).
RPF Ayodhya Dham Yashwant Singh said that the police are on constant surveillance at the railway station with more than 235 CCTV cameras. The railways were operating 12 to 15 special trains every day, he added.
In a record, over 500 million devotees have taken a holy dip in the Sangam since the inception of the Mahakumbh Mela. According to the Uttar Pradesh administration, the Mahakumbh has become the first event in the world where more than 500 million people were direct participants.
The official data further mention that nearly 5.3 million people took a dip in the sacred Triveni Sangam on Friday until 12 p.m.(the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati).
According to the Uttar Pradesh government, more than 491.4 million devotees have dipped in the Triveni Sangam (the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna, and the mythical Saraswati) since the inception of the 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela.
More than 2.73 million devotees have taken a dip in the Triveni Sangam as of 10 am on Thursday, during the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, according to the Uttar Pradesh government.
As of February 12, more than 482.9 million devotees have taken a dip in the Triveni waters in the ongoing Mahakumbh, one of the most celebrated and largest gatherings.