In view of the heavy rush of devotees to have darshan and offer prayers in Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple on the first Monday of the month of Shrawan, the Traffic department has made an alternative arrangement for the plying particularly of auto-rickshaw, e-rickshaws and paddle-rickshaw. This alternative arrangement will remain in effect till morning on Tuesday. This alternative arrangement will be applicable on other Mondays too during the auspicious month. It is noteworthy that this year the Shrawan month is of about two months from July 4 to August 31 because of ‘adhimaas’ and eight Mondays will fall during the auspicious month.
As per alternative arrangement made by the Traffic department to facilitate the devotees, the auto-rickshaw and e-rickshaw will ply from Golgadda tri-junction to Chowka Ghat through SSU, Lahurabir, Maidagin and Visheshwarganj and from Lahurabir to Lanka through Maldahiya, Sigra, Rathyatra, Mahamoirganj, Manduadih, Bhikharipur Sunderpur, while from Lanka to Cantt railway station through Naria, Sunderpur, Bhikharipur tri-junction, BLW, Manduadih and Lahartara.
Similarly, the auto-rickshaw and e-rickshaw will ply from Lanka to Chandpur through Naria, Sunderpur, Bhikharipur tri-junction, Manduadih, Lahartara and Chandpur and from Andhrapul to Gilat Bazar through Nadedar, Ambedkar crossing, JP Mehta and Bhojubir while from Chowka Ghat Tadi Khana to Pandeypur through Maqbool Alam Road and Khajuri.
It is noteworthy that the district administration has declared nine routes including four routes which approach the temple as ‘no-vehicle zones’ and the plying of vehicles particularly auto rickshaw, e-rickshaw and paddle-rickshaw, has been restricted particularly on Monday of the auspicious month. The vehicle restriction will remain in effect till morning on Tuesday.
It is noteworthy that this year the Shrawan month is of about two months from July 4 to August 31 because of ‘adhimaas’ and eight Mondays will fall during the auspicious month.
During the Shrawan month, the devotees in large numbers reach Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple particularly on Mondays to have darshan and worship Baba Vishwanath. Keeping this in view, the district administration has made nine routes including four routes approaching the temple as ‘no vehicle zones’ to facilitate the devotees.
The routes which have been declared as ‘no vehicle zones’ and the plying of vehicles specially auto rickshaw, e-rickshaw and paddle-rickshaw will remain restricted particularly on Mondays include Benia-Ramapura-Godowlia, Gurubagh-Luxa-Godowlia, Godowlia-Maidagin, Maidagin-Godowlia, Piyari Police Outpost-Benia Bagh tri-junction, Ravindrapuri-Sonarpura-Godowlia, Shujabad-Bhadau Chungi-Visheshwarganj-Maidagin, Lanka-Samne Ghat and Samne Ghat-Lanka.
The vehicle restriction will remain in effect from the night on Saturday to the morning on Tuesday each week during the month of Shrawan.
VMC makes public toilets at ghats free on Mondays: To facilitate the kanwariyas and devotees, the Varanasi Municipal Corporation (VMC) has made public toilets located at ghats free for them on each Monday during Shrawan. It is noteworthy that Shrawan is of two months this time because of adimas and eight Mondays will fall during the auspicious month which will end on August 31.
The Mayor Ashok Kumar Tiwari and the Municipal Commissioner (MC) Shipu Giri on Sunday made an inspection of ghats and adjoining areas in view of the first Monday and announced that all 17 public toilets located on the ghats would be free of cost for 24 hours on all Mondays of the month of Shrawan for the use of kanwariyas and devotees. They directed the Nagar Swasthya Adhikari Dr NP Singh regarding this. The MC asked him to ensure the cleanliness in all the public toilets.
Both the Mayor and the MC directed the officers to ensure the proper arrangements of sewage and cleanliness. There should not be any encroachment on the roads approaching to the ghats and the roads should also be repaired if there is any damage, they directed.
It is learnt that the kanwariyas and devotees reach the ghats in large numbers particularly on Mondays during the auspicious month to take holy dip in river Ganga before going to Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple to have a darshan and offer prayer to Baba Vishwanath.
This time, eight Mondays will fall in Shrawan because of adimas.