To manage passenger traffic amid the Covid-19 surge, the Indian Railways has decided to not let any trains stop at Haridwar railway station between 11 April and 14 April. The second and third ‘shahi snan’ will take place on 12 April and 14 April, respectively.
“Trains to not arrive at Haridwar (Uttarakhand) railway station from 11 to 14 April due to Shahi Snan at Kumbh Mela from 12 to 14 April. Trains to stop at Jwalapur, Roorkee and Laksar stations where devotees will deboard, they will be ferried in shuttle buses from there,” said SP GRP Manjunath TC.
The development comes around a month after the railways announced that 12 more pairs of Kumbh Mela Specials, which are in addition to the existing services bound for Haridwar, are being operated in order to provide further ease of travel for the pilgrims.
Further, 15 pairs of trains bound for Haridwar, were also augmented for generating additional accommodation for the pilgrims.
The railways had also built four different colour-coded enclosures for passengers to book tickets to various destinations from Haridwar station.
Among other measures, the railways had also decided to set up a centralised control room at the station.
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