VARANATION: Ocean of grains, especially worshipers from all over the country, can be seen on routes that lead to Kashi Vishwanath Dham on the first day of 2022 on Saturday despite the fact that the threat of Covid-19 has adopted an increasing trend in the last three days And the raid report at Vaishno Devi Temple in Jammu which led to the victim.
The shocking size of the crowd not only gave traffic arrangements from equipment but all exercises by the police for crowd regulations proved inadequate.
Talking to Ti DCP Zone Kashi RK Gautam said, “People have begun to form a queue on the route that leads to KVD since 3am in the morning.
Until 3pm for three Lakh pilgrims have entered the Kashi Vishwanath temple to offer prayers.
More than 1.5 Lakh people still stand in the queue.
According to Temple administration records and Gyanvapi security control rooms, KVT remains crowded in normal days due to the arrival of Outstation pilgrims.
Officials said, on the normal days of the average steps worshipers in the non-festive season remain around 10,000 times at special events such as Mahashivratri and Monday Moon Shawal Volume of worshipers exceed 1.50 lakh to the last two years except the previous two-year period except for the previous two-year wave of Covid-19 wave.
Officials said that the officials said Massive at the footsteps of the worshipers in KVD proved since its opening by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
PM D The Chairman of the Yogi Minister Aditentalath himself had told me during a speech that on December 19 the figure of the wadders who entered KVD had reached 1.5 lakh.
With dawn 2022 the queue of worshipers in Dashaswamedh-Godowlia-Bansphatak and the Maidagin-Chowk road also increased.
Because there are no major bribes expected by officials, the movement of two-wheeled vehicles, e-rickshaw and paddle rickshaws are not stopped in the morning.
However, when moving even on foot began to prove it was impossible and reports about Stampede at Vaishno Devi Temple in Jammu were accepted, officials in action.
Commissioner Division Deepep Agrawal and Judge District Kaushal Raj Sharma also reached KVD.
Gautam said that the area between Maidagin and Godowlia was made free of pedicab and even two wheels while traffic transfer began from Beniapabh, Ramapura and Sonarpura in the afternoon to minimize the density of the crowd.
Additional police, PAC, women and other police teams were also summoned by officials, who ensured anti-sabotage checks by bomb disposal and dog teams regularly.
However, none of these exercises proved enough to regulate the crowd while people were careless about the norms determined from the social distance in the city, which recorded 25 new Covid-19 positive cases since Wednesday.
Alarming scenes are not only proven around KVD but massive crowding is also seen in Sankat Mochan, Kaal Bhairo, Saranath and other famous temples of the city and Vindhyachal temple in Mirzapur.
Revelers also gathered in large quantities in Ghats, sand beds across the edge of the Ganga river, Sarnath public park, on the University and Multiplex campus in Banaras Hindu.
Varanasi: More than 3 Age Lakh visited Kashi Vishwanath Dham on the first day of 2022
