A three-member committee has been formed comprising advisors to the Governor and the Chief Secretary of the State which would review the Ardh Kumbh Mela on completion and also review the preparations for the 2021 Kumbh Mela. This was announced during an inspection visit of representatives of the Governor to Haridwar.
Taking a review meeting of the mela snan preparations on Wednesday afternoon in CCR tower, advisor to State Governor, Prakash Mishra and Ravindra Singh expressed their satisfaction on the security arrangements. Addressing the media persons, Prakash Mishra said, “Almost all the Mela works undertaken have been completed and till date two crore pilgrims have taken the holy dip on the Ardh kumbh mela snans. We are expecting a huge rush of pilgrims on April 14 snan.”
Mishra further said, “Till date a total of `371 crores has been released to Mela administration for the Ardh Kumbh Mela which includes sanction of `100 crores by the Centre recently,” he said.
Based on the review meeting of Ardh kumbh mela after the completion of the fair, the committee would chalk out the infrastructural blue print for 2021 Kumbh.” The advisor to Governor also said that their team has visited Kedarnath and would continue visiting other pilgrimage centres like Gangotri, Yamunotri and Badrinath for review of the developmental works.
Chief secretary Shatrughan SInha gave directions to the mela officials through video conferencing. IG Ardh Kumbh Mela G S Martolia, SSP of Haridwar Santhil Abudai Krishn Raj, district magistrate Harbans Singh Chugh and other officials were present during the meeting.