Even as I am watching TV – and Yogi Adityanathji is conducting a “ high
level meeting “ ( at 9 am on 29th Jan 2025 ), news about number of deaths due
to last night’s stampede, are pouring in
Deaths which were totally avoidable , had the UP Government implemented
a suggestion I sent on 25th
Aug 2018 , through my following email :
-
Where I wrote :
“ In
1990 , some 1400 pilgrims
died in Haj stampede
On
23 Sept 2015 , some 770 pilgrims died in
a stampede
But as far as KUMBH-
2019 is
concerned , we have following considerations :
Because
of expected crowd of 120 million pilgrims, threat of a stampede are far greater
/ real
We
have an opportunity to provide to Foreign Visitors , such an enjoyable / happy
/ fun experience that the Kumbh Mela site becomes a YEAR ROUND attraction, drawing 15 million Foreign Visitors in 2019
to India ( as compared to 10 million who visited in 2017 and brought in $ 27
million of exchange )
To achieve these goals , I urge Shri Yogi Adityanathji [
CM – UP ] and Shri V K Anand [ Kumbh Mela Adhikari ] , to consider the
following precautionary SAFETY measures to prevent a stampede :
METHOD A [ HORIZONTAL CONVEYORS ]
:
Horizontally running escalators on
ground level (
like Conveyor
Belts )
, to bring the
pilgrims
from camps to bathing ghats where they get onto “ short-run “ escalators for
moving towards the water and backward from the water
On both the sides of these “ short – run “ escalators ,
there will be “ Fountains “ of holy water , forming a long ( 100
ft ) CANOPY / CASCADE , under which pilgrims will pass ,
without walking
BATHING METHOD : Under “ FOUNTAINS “ of holy waters
METHOD B [ ROPE WAYS WITH HANGING CHAIRS ]
:
Just install , one above another ( vertically ) , several rope-ways with
hanging chairs for
2 persons per chair , safely secured by belts
All rope-ways picking up pilgrims at the Boarding Station
and then dropping off at the Disembarkation Station , after passing under “ Holy Water
Sprinklers “ at the bathing
ghats (
without having to get off the suspended moving chairs )
BATHING METHOD : A “ Shower “
of holy water
METHOD C [ ROLLER COASTERS ]
:
Pilgrims
will get onto roller coaster trollies at the Embarkation point .
Coaster will move towards the river waters ( at a height
of 20 feet for a panoramic viewing experience ) .
When it reaches 30 feet over the river , coaster will
slope down in such a way that the trollies dip into the water
The pilgrims will get submerged into the
water [ only up to their chests ] for a distance of 10
feet
At the end , coaster trollies will emerge from the water ,
again rise to a height of 20 feet and return to a Dis-embarkation point
BATHING METHOD : A genuine
DIP into the holy waters
Main Concept
:
Simply eliminate walking (
stampede happens when impatient people try to overtake
pilgrims
walking in front of them or have ability to run helter-skelter under some
perceived
threat )
What can
this “ Escalator / Ropeway “
innovation do for India ?
In 2017 , India got 10 million foreign visitors , bringing
in $ 27 Billion
$ 2700 per foreign visitor as against Saudi
getting $ 6,000 per visitor !
With proposed innovation , this figure could well go up
to 15 million tourists in 2019 , bringing in $ 150 billion in foreign
exchange ! ( $ 10,000 per
visitor ! )
This is an opportunity to re-write our TOURISM story !
I hope Shri
K J Alphons ( Minister of Tourism / mos.tourism@gov.in ) asks ,
Ministry of
Urban Development to prepare a MASTER PLAN for Kumbh centered around this
CONVEYOR-BELT concept
India’s
leading Engineering Companies to submit their “ Expression of Interest “
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What else can make Kumbh , “ The
Greatest Show on Earth “
?
Please
consider the following :
· Strategically
located “ Food Courts “ and “ Shopping Malls “
A
doctor with emergency “ Medical Aids / Ambulance “ in each Police Station
Free Wi Fi hotspots
all over the ground ( Foreign Visitors want to use Skype ! )
A 200 ft tall “ Central
Tower “ with “ Viewing Gallery “
Sitting / resting benches for the elderly, in small “ Gardens “ all over the
place
No entry to any private
vehicles
“ Bicycle Lanes “ with Bicycle Stands every 500 m ( with FREE use of
bicycles )
At
each “ Arrival Point “ ( Railway Station / Bus Stands / Airport / Parking Plots
for private vehicles ) , each arriving visitor to be welcomed with a RFID sensor embedded wrist-band
( with a beautiful rendering of Ganga Mata and bearing a description which
reads :
“ नमो गंगे – Kumbh 2019 “
Before issuing the wrist band, pilgrim’s AADHAR NO will be entered into the sensor
It will be mandatory for the visitors to wear this
Wrist Band as long as they are inside the “ PILGRIMAGE PERIMETER “
This will help the central PILGRIM TRAFFIC CONTROL ROOM ,
to track :
# each and every visitor
# missing / lost persons
# mischief-mongers / miscreants
# accident victims / sick persons
For a fool
proof solution for CROWD CONTROL , I urge Kumbh Mela Administation to
consider :
#
Increasing the no of CCTV cameras from 1,000 to 10,000
# Couple these with a FACE RECOGNITION software
, such that those who attempt
to “ WALK “ ( instead of riding ), inside the Pilgrimage Perimeter ( area
covered by
Methods A / B / C ,
number displayed
“
If you jaywalk in China, facial recognition means , You’ll walk away with a
fine “
https://futurism.com/facial-recognition-china-social-credit/
I
am sending this blog to the following Officers / Organizations , concerned with
making KUMBH–2019, a happy experience for pilgrims. Readers may want to contact
them :
· uptourismallahabad@uptuorism.com
· service@allahabadkumbhyatra.com
· mahakumbhyatraallahabad@gmail.com
· mail@HaridwarRishikeshTourism.com
· theallahabadkumbh@gmail.com
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Currently , we get some 70,000
visitors every day at Taj
Mahal . For better security , there is a plan to restrict this
number to 40 ,000 per day
Without
having to worry about security , can we raise this number to 100,000 per day
?
Yes , of course ! Install
ropeway around the Taj and provide “ Augumented Reality headsets “ to visitors
( no entry inside the mausoleum ! )
Dear Yogiji :
Kumbh 2019 attracted some 12 crore
pilgrims . MahaKumbh 2025 has attracted some 18 Crore in 18 days !
Today ( on Mauni Amavasya day ) , within
24 hours, administration have expected some 10 CRORE pilgrims !
For the total period of 46 days, some 40 Crore are expected
I am glad that some of my 6 year
old suggestions , listed above-mentioned email , have been implemented
While congratulating you – and your
team – for making great arrangements , I wish you had also implemented my
“ Bathing Arrangement “
suggestions listed in my email
That would have added at the most , Rs
700 crores to your estimate of Rs 7,000 Crores
I once again urge you to implement it
by MARCH 2026
That would enable Prayagraj to host a
Mini-Kumbh ,
every year !
Related Reading
> How
about Ropeway at Mahakumbh ? .. 25
Oct 2024
With regards,
Hemen Parekh
www.My-Teacher.in / 29
Jan 2025