Prayagraj: Digital technology proved to be of great help in reuniting family members who got separated from their loved ones due to the crowds in the vast mela campus this year. CCTV cameras and social media also assisted volunteers of the Bhoole Bhatke Shivir (lost& found camp) in reuniting 5,143 adults and 125 children throughout the 57 days of the Magh Mela and brought a major relief to the families and mela police authorities.
This year, more women went missing and were later ‘reunited’ with their family members than men. As per the numbers available, a total of 1,880 male and 3,263 female devotees who visited the mela campus were temporarily separated from their families before they were reunited.
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Prayagraj: Given the Mahashivratri snan scheduled on Thursday, mela police and city police have chalked out a security plan for the safety and security of pilgrims and devotees arriving at Sangam - the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati to take holy dip on the fifth and the last snan of Magh Mela. The Magh Mela will end with the Mahashivratri snan on Thursday. Elaborate security arrangements have been made for the snan along with temples located near the mela campus.
While mela police have worked on crowd and traffic management to ease the rush of devotees in and around mela campus, city police have reviewed security arrangements to tackle the influx of crowd who would be thronging at prominent five lord Shiva temples of the city to offer prayers on the occasion of Mahashivratri.