Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj: Over 20,000 vegetarian ’sanskari’ cops deployed

Mangalore Today News Network

Uttar Pradesh, Jan 07, 2019 : The Uttar Pradesh government has allotted Rs. 4,300 crore for creating infrastructure necessary to conduct the Kumbh Mela 2019. Around 1 lakh makeshift toilets, 20,000 construction workers, an equal number of sanitation workers, and 40,000 LED lights, Yahoonews reported.

 

The roads are dotted with digital hoardings where Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his cabinet are welcoming visitors to the Kumbh.

The Kumbh Mela administration is looking for cops who are vegetarian and teetotaller to deploy them during the mega event in Uttar Pradesh’s Allahabad, starting January 15 next year. A certificate of ’good character’ is also one of the qualities that the Kumbh Mela administration was looking in policemen.

Nearly 12 crore devotees are expected to visit the Kumbh Mela at Prayagraj which will begin January 15.