The Uttar Pradesh government has designated the Mahakumbh area as a new district for the duration of the Mahakumbh Mela. The Maha Kumbh Mela District will also have three Additional District Magistrates, 28 Sub-Divisional Magistrates, one Tehsildar, and 24 Naib Tehsildars. Senior Superintendent of Police, Rajesh Dwivedi, stated that the district will feature 56 police stations, 155 police posts, one …
After Mahakumbh held earlier this year which attracted nearly 9.1 million pilgrims, Haridwar witnessed the maximum tourist influx of 1.2 million on Friday on the occasion of Kartik Poornima and Guru Purab, with pilgrims thronging ghats since early morning to take a dip in the holy Ganga. According to Senior Superintendent of Haridwar Police, Yogendra Singh Rawat the Kartik Poornima …