People throng the Mela Authority to get vehicle permits in Kumbha Nagari

– By Yadnesh Sawant, Special Representative, Prayagraj

Prayagraj – Members and followers of various institutions, organizations and sects have thronged the Mela Authority office to obtain permits (passes) for two-wheelers and four- wheelers inside the Maha Kumbha Nagari. Vehicle permits have to be obtained to travel to and from the Kumbha area. For this, an application has to be made before the beginning of Kumbha Parva. Later, a pass is issued from the Mela Authority for the vehicles with the vehicle numbers mentioned in the application. Some have to visit the office several times to get this pass. Due to this, the office bearers of the sects, organizations, Sadhus and Saints are visiting the Mela office and expressing their anger.

People should exercise patience : Administration

Regarding this, officials of the Mela Authority said that more than 22,000 organizations and sects are participating in the Kumbha Mela. It is challenging for us to give passes after thoroughly scrutinizing each and every vehicle. Some organizations have more than 2 vehicles. We are trying to distribute passes to people as soon as possible; however, people should be patient considering the crowd.

Wrong to insist on a pass despite incomplete documents

The office bearers said that some vehicles have incomplete documents, yet such people insist on getting the passes. Sometimes, when they have to come more often, people from sects and organizations bring their Sadhus and Saints here. Since they do not know the reality, there is a lot of confusion here and we cannot even explain it. Therefore, everyone should cooperate with us.