Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday launched several major initiatives to enhance the preparedness of Indian Railways for the Maha Kumbh starting in Prayagraj from Monday. The aim is to provide safe, seamless and technologically advanced services to lakhs of pilgrims attending this massive gathering to be held in the next 45 days.

According to a press statement issued by the Railway Board, these initiatives include 24-hour Kumbh 'War Room', CCTV cameras at all adjacent stations, multilingual communication system and additional ticket counters etc. Dilip Kumar, Executive Director, Information and Publicity, Railway Board, said, "A dedicated 'War Room' has been inaugurated at the Railway Board level. It will work 24 hours, in which officials from operations, commercial, RPF, mechanical, engineering and electrical departments will monitor and coordinate the activities. 1176 CCTVs installed at 9 stations of Prayagraj region He said, "A total of 1,176 CCTV cameras have been installed at nine stations of Prayagraj region to get real-time information for real-time monitoring." Railway Board Executive Director Dilip Kumar said that an announcement system of 12 languages ​​has also been inaugurated at Prayagraj, Naini, Chheoki and Subedarganj stations to assist the pilgrims. 10000 regular trains, 3134 special trains during Mahakumbh Dilip Kumar told about the passenger facilities in Prayagraj region that 10,000 regular trains, 3134 special trains will be operated during the Mahakumbh period, which is 4.5 times more than the last Kumbh. He said that 1,869 short distance trains will be operated. He said, "Apart from this, 706 long distance trains and 559 ring trains will also be operated for the convenience of the pilgrims."