Maha Kumbh-bound traffic increases at M.P.-U.P. border on weekend

The number of Maha Kumbh-bound vehicles in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa, bordering with Prayagraj, has increased in the past 24 hours, prompting the administration to be on alert, officials said on Sunday. Around 1,000 vehicles were moving towards Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh every hour at Chakghat border and nearly 800 returning from there in the same period, they said. The first parking for the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj has been set up just six kilometres from the Chakghat border in Uttar Pradesh, the officials said, adding that elaborate arrangements have been made for the people at the "holding areas" and help centres. Earlier this month, heavy traffic jams were seen on the 250-km-long stretch from Katni on the border along the two states due to vehicles heading towards the Maha Kumbh fair.