THERE WILL be no VIP motion within the Kumbh Mela space on Shahi Snan days in the course of the upcoming Kumbh Mela in Haridwar. And if VIPs want to take holy dip within the Ganga on these particular days, they must go to like every other pilgrim with none safety protocol and automobiles.
This 12 months, Shahi Snan days are March 11, April 12, April 14 and April 27.
Inspector General, Kumbh Mela, Sanjay Gunjyal mentioned visitors motion will stay prohibited within the core space of town on days of Shahi Snan.
As police stay busy in crowd administration, will probably be not possible to offer protocol and safety to VVIPs, he mentioned.
He mentioned letters might be despatched to protocol departments in all states, with a request to make sure that VIPs don’t come on Shahi Snans.
An official mentioned a number of individuals have been killed in a stampede on April 14, 1986 — a Shahi Snan day — when safety personnel have been busy in VIP obligation within the Mela space.
The challenge of VIP motion was additionally mentioned in an inter-state coordination assembly that was chaired by Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar on Friday. Kumar mentioned for crowd administration and safety functions, new applied sciences comparable to drone cameras, CCTV and synthetic intelligence instruments will be used in the course of the Kumbh Mela.
The officers additionally mentioned organising of social media monitoring cells to verify inflammatory social media posts.
