Normally large spiritual occasions like Kumbh appeal to aged folks greater than these of different age teams. Nevertheless, the Prayagraj Mahakumbh 2025 noticed elevated participation of these under 40 and most of them have been ladies, recommend findings of assorted research carried out on the mega spiritual truthful that concluded in February this yr.
U.P. chief secretary Manoj Kumar Singh (centre) was the chief visitor on the tenth anniversary of HCL Basis’s Samuday programme. (Sourced)
Citing the findings of those research, Uttar Pradesh chief secretary Manoj Kumar Singh stated higher preparations led to extend in guests’ footfall within the mega occasion.
“In the last 30 years, we have witnessed marked changes in sanitation field. A good example of innovative thinking in terms of sanitation is the recent Prayagraj Mahakumbh where people from all parts of the world turned up,” Singh stated whereas talking at HCL Basis’s Samuday programme, a flagship initiative for rural improvement, at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan in Lucknow on Tuesday.
“In 2013 Kumbh, tents were put up with a red flag to let people know about defecation in that place. That area was known as flag area. And when the mega event got over, the excreta went into the river. In such a situation, not many people can think of visiting places where there is no arrangement for sanitation,” he added.
“In 2019, for the first time the government decided to make toilets for everyone at Kumbh. Around 1.15 lakh toilets were planned then and the cost of it was around ₹250 crore,” the chief secretary stated.
“This time in Mahakumbh, I can say with my experience that the single biggest factor which has made the difference is sanitation. Around 20 to 22 studies were conducted and their findings have revealed that out of a group of 10 people who visited the Mahakumbh, 7 were females and of them more than 70% people were in below 40 age group. This means new people from diverse sectors came to Mahakumbh for the first time,” Singh stated.
For Mahakumbh 2025, the Uttar Pradesh authorities put in 1.5 lakh bogs throughout the mela space. Talking on the U.P. authorities’s zero poverty marketing campaign, the chief secretary stated, “We all know that helping the poor is difficult. We recently launched a zero-poverty programme in which the government has decided to work rigorously on it.”
On October 2, 2024, Uttar Pradesh determined to eradicate excessive poverty from the state and known as it the zero poverty marketing campaign. “Under this initiative, the government has decided that 25 poorest families in every gram panchayat will be identified so that benefits of welfare schemes pertaining to education, ration and skill development could be given to them,” Singh stated.
“A person each from these families will be given an opportunity to earn at least ₹1.25 lakh per annum. So far, 13.5 lakh families have been identified from 57,000 gram panchayats across the state,” Singh added.
On creating state-of-the-art amenities for farmers at Jewar worldwide airport in GB Nagar, he stated, “The government is developing Jewar airport and we are making arrangements for agriculture or horticulture treatments needed for fruits and vegetables while exporting them to other countries. We are setting up a facility there where all testing, treatment and certification will be done.”