Kumbh 2025: Preparations for the Kumbh Mela at Qila Ghat, near the confluence of the Ganga and Yamuna, are in full swing. Authorities are reinforcing riverbanks with sandbagging to prevent erosion, ensuring safety for pilgrims. Police and NDRF teams are actively deployed to manage crowd control and emergencies, maintaining a strict vigil. Infrastructure upgrades and sanitation measures are also being prioritized to accommodate the large influx of devotees. Watch the full report of Oneindia.
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00:00Let's go through the generators, these big machines, JCB machines, which are digging
00:14the soil, and here they are making the ghat, the sandbagging will be done on this ghat
00:22of Ganga.
00:23This is the fort ghat, the Yamuna river passes through here and goes straight ahead and meets
00:27the river Ganga, where Triveni Sangam, which is the name of the river, is found.
00:31As far as people come and go, from the 13th of January, a few days before that, a week
00:37or 10 days before that, people will stop coming and going.
00:41Right now, in this last week of December, when we have come here, in this last week of
00:47December, when we have come here, the people around here, the tourists, they normally come
00:53here by boat, but when the tourist season starts, from the first week of January, people
01:01will stop coming here.
01:03The cars will stop coming 3 km from here, you can only come by foot from there.
01:09Such arrangements are being made.
01:11In these areas, which are called the sub-areas, the soil becomes wet in the state of water
01:17coming here, so such pits will be made and sandbagging will be done, so that it is easy
01:21for people to come here.
01:23I will quickly show you what kind of sandbagging we are talking about.
01:27Speedboats have been installed in front of us.
01:29Look at these anchors, which help in holding the boat.
01:35This is the VIP Ghat, as you can guess.
01:39Sandbagging is done in this way, so that in case of soil becoming wet, people can walk
01:47towards the Ghat.
01:49Such arrangements are being made.
01:51Right now, there is no such movement here.
01:55Right now, the general public is more crowded here.
01:59This is the Akbar Fort in front of the Fort area.
02:03It is called Allahabad Fort.
02:05It is quite iconic.
02:07It is a tourist destination in itself.
02:09This is the temple of Lord Hanuman, which is a little further from here.
02:13These are some such names, which often connect you to Allahabad.
02:16This is a part of the Ghat in front of the Naini Bridge.
02:20This is the VIP Ghat.
02:22Such plastic containers are kept here.
02:24If you haven't seen this before, these containers are kept on your right side.
02:30These containers are tied up in water and made into a road.
02:34And on this road, the Shraddha Lugans are placed.
02:39As far as the question is concerned, from the day of 13th to 14th January,
02:43the Ghat is being built.
02:45The crowd that will come here, you can see the Sangam Ghat.
02:49You can see all the boats going there.
02:51Till that point, people will not be lucky enough to reach the Sangam Ghat.
02:57So, the arrangements will be made from here.
03:00And this is on both sides.
03:02The river has been divided into three lanes.
03:04I was talking about the plastic containers.
03:07You can see two separate lanes between the boats.
03:11The Ghat is on the other side.
03:13That is the Airal Ghat.
03:15We reported from there yesterday.
03:17And this part of the Ghat is known as the Kila Ghat.
03:20The NDRF team is continuously scouting this place.
03:28They are also keeping an eye on how the crowd will increase.
03:33They are also keeping an eye on how the situation will improve.
03:38This is the Maha Kumbh.
03:40It is a 12-year-old festival.
03:42It is a confluence of faith.
03:44You can meet people here.
03:46You've seen it in many films.
03:48It is often mentioned that two brothers got separated in the Kumbh festival.
03:51This festival has been associated with the Indian culture and cinema.
03:56And for the people here, it is business as usual.
04:01People are selling worship items on the Ghat.
04:05People are selling Ganga water.
04:07People are selling tea and snacks.
04:13It takes at least 10-15 minutes to reach the main road from here.
04:18And the sound of vehicles is stopped before reaching the Ghat.
04:23For the next 45 days, the One India team will show you all the highlights of Maha Kumbh.
04:30Stay tuned to One India.
04:32You can watch the highlights of Maha Kumbh on all channels.
04:41For now, I am Pankaj Kumar Mishra for One India Samachar from Prayag Raj.