Prayagraj: Bright sunlight and elaborative arrangements made by the District Administration for worshipers who came to Mela Mela 2022 on the occasion of Sankranti Makar was overshadowed by the Covid-19 crisis.
Until 4:30 a.m., around 5.5 lakh people had taken holy hol while in previous years, these numbers were around 10 lakh.
Even the Mela government has made arrangements to maintain strict vigilance to worshipers who come to the Mela region when thermal scanning is being carried out on all 16 entry points of the Mela area and there is a distribution of masks and free sanitisers from the Covid assistance table made by the authorities is a few points.
“We have placed our team at all 16 Magh Mela 2022 entry points and ensure that every visitor must pass thermal scanning.
In addition, the team of doctors is also deployed at this entry point and they are doing a quick antigen test for each worshiper who shows the symptoms of Coronavirus “, said Panchayati District Raj Officer (DPRO), Alok Kumar Sinha.
In addition, the face mask is provided for each worshiper entering the Mela area that does not have one, he added.
Concerns because Covid-19 was seen in almost all Ghats from the Mela region.
Although, the concentration of worshipers, arriving at Ghats and taking holy sisters on the Ganges and Sangam rivers was not seen because of the long stretch of Ghats made by the authorities but, at the same time, the pandemic did act as preventing the provisions of attendance in Mela.
The authorities have made Covid aid near the different Ghat from the Mela area.
“Our main goal is to see that no worshipers arrive in the Mela area without a mask and for those who look without a mask, given the same.
At the same time, we have tried to tell the worshipers that they will be fined if they continue to show Concision in wearing a mask “, said Mela Adhikari, Shesh Mani Pandey.
Covid-19 also has an impact on ‘Bhandara’ organized by locals and social organizations in the city sometimes Sankranti Makar.
There are a few organized Bhandara and almost all of them have a lack of presence than last year.
“We went to Mela but worried Covid-19 because we took a shower in a remote place besides the river and returned to our house, without stopping at Bhandara”, said Pradeep Mishra, one of the retired train staff.
The fewer the number of worshipers who arrived in Mela at Sankranti Makar also due to the fact that many households will observe the festival on Saturday.
Mela authorities, their colleagues at Indian Railways and Roadways have decided to provide all arrangements on January 15 also in fears the fact that many worshipers will be holy bathing on January 15.