Railway Ministry introduces colour coding system to control crowd at railway stations

Jyoti — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 05:00:56 +0000

Indian Railway: The Maha Kumbh Mela held in Prayagraj is in its last phase, but the crowd of people arriving here is not decreasing. Trains on every route reaching Prayagraj are crowded. Roads are jammed and the price of air tickets is skyrocketing.

There is a huge crowd at the railway stations reaching Prayagraj. The stampede at New Delhi Railway Station was also the result of this crowd. In such a situation, North Central Railway has made new arrangements to control the crowd at railway stations.

The crowd of devotees is continuously increasing to take a holy dip in the Maha Kumbh. All the major bathing festivals have ended, but there has been no decrease in the number of people coming to Prayagraj. The crowd at major railway stations including Prayagraj Junction is not decreasing. Meanwhile, North Central Railway has implemented a special plan for crowd management.

Shashikant Tripathi, Chief Public Relations Officer, North Central Railway, Prayagraj Division, said that all VIP protocols have been stopped and advance booking of rest houses has also been stopped. Railways has again implemented its most effective scheme, the color coding system. Under this, passengers are being sent to different passenger shelters based on the color of their tickets.

Railways has arranged red, blue, yellow and green colour coding for passengers going in different directions at Prayagraj Junction, Prayagraj Chheoki and Naini stations. Passengers are being taken to the correct platform according to the colour of their tickets so that the crowd can be controlled. CPRO Shashikant Tripathi said that the holy bathing festival of Maha Kumbh is going on, however, the main bathing festivals have ended and now only the bathing festival of Mahashivratri is left. Despite this, the number of devotees is continuously increasing.

To control the crowd, the railways have arranged for single side entry and exit at Prayagraj Junction, so that the crowd can be controlled. When the crowd increases, the passengers are accommodated in Khusro Bagh and when the passenger shelters are empty, they are guided from there and brought to the platform.

Passengers are sent to the platform only when the train to their destination is stationed there. During the Maha Kumbh, only North Central Railway operated 134 Mela Special trains, while Northern Railway and Northeast Railway together operated 179 Mela Special trains. A total of 388 trains were operated on 15 February. Prayagraj Sangam Railway Station, which is closest to the Mela area, has already been closed for security reasons. Due to the small circulating area of the station, there is a lot of crowd there and chaos can spread.

The administration had demanded its closure, which was accepted by the railways. Due to the closure of Sangam station, devotees are forced to go to other stations, which has increased the crowd there even more. Traffic on the roads in the city has also been completely affected, there is a jostling among the passengers to board the shuttle buses. IANS

School Closed: Government and private schools will remain closed till 5 February, online classes will be conducted

Jyoti — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 04:59:10 +0000

School Holidays Good News: An order has been issued to keep government and private schools closed till 5 February. Keeping in mind the heavy crowd due to the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, instructions have been given to conduct online classes from class 1 to 12 till February 5.

This decision has been taken through the District School Inspection. The main objective of this decision is to control the crowd and make the traffic system even easier. These holidays have been declared till February 5. Apart from this, holidays have also been declared in the districts around Prayagraj.

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It was said through District School Inspector Awadh Kishore Singh that schools will remain closed for students but teachers and staff must remain present in school. This instruction has been given to ensure that there is no interruption in online studies and administrative work. At the same time, Basic Education Officer Arvind Pathak has also issued an order in this regard and said that the administration has directed the schools to provide the necessary technical and other resources for online studies. Teachers will also have to ensure that students do not face any difficulty during online classes, for which it has been advised to use digital platforms.

Holidays have also been declared in the border districts adjoining Prayagraj

Holidays have also been declared in the border districts adjoining Prayagraj. For your information, it is told that these holidays have been declared in the border districts adjoining Prayagraj. All the government and private schools will remain closed. For example, let us tell you that in the districts adjoining Prayagraj, these holidays have been declared only on Mauni Amavasya i.e. 29 January. Even during the Maha Kumbh Mela, practical examinations will be held on their scheduled time.

It has been clarified through the District School Inspector that these examinations will not be postponed, proper guidance and information will be provided to the students and their parents for the examination. An appeal has also been made to the parents for cooperation. The administration has appealed to the parents to help the children fully during online studies and ensure that it is the responsibility of the departments that the children attend their classes on time and concentrate on their studies.

There is a plan to make the traffic system easier

It was also informed through the District Magistrate that an important decision has been taken to make the traffic system even easier. Due to the arrival of lakhs of devotees in the Maha Kumbh Mela, there may be a huge crowd on the roads, due to which traffic may also increase, due to which keeping the schools closed and doing online studies is being considered an effective step of the administration. Online studies to be implemented during the Maha Kumbh are going to prove to be a new learning process for the students. This export is being considered an important step to give further encouragement to digital education.

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