Two food distribution centers along with a community kitchen with a capacity of five thousand devotees will be established for the pilgrims coming to the Magh Mela in Prayagraj. From this kitchen, devotees will be able to enjoy breakfast for Rs 5 and a plate of food for Rs 10. Apart from this, a proposal was also brought to impose a fine ranging from Rs 200 to Rs 1000 against those who spread dirt in the fair area. The 16th meeting of the Fair Authority Board started at 6.00 pm in the Gandhi Auditorium of the Divisional Commissioner’s office. In this, three thousand sanitation workers deployed in Magh Mela will get the benefit of Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Nigam, Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana, Chief Minister Jan Arogya Abhiyan, Kanya Sumangala Yojana, Education Incentive Scheme for sanitation workers, girls of sailors and Shram Yogi Maandhan Yojana from Swachh Kumbh Fund. And information was given to provide information to the families of registered sailors. Divisional Commissioner Vijay Vishwas Pant has also directed to get timely verification of such beneficiaries done to prevent irregularities. Similarly, under the Solid Waste Management Act, the provision of imposing fine for prevention of garbage and sanitary waste in the fair area was also agreed upon. The fine will be imposed under Part II, Section 3 of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016. Under this, the board made a provision to impose a fine of Rs 200 on street vendors and shops running without license for not keeping garbage containers and Rs 1000 on temporary commercial shops, hotels, sweet shops for not using garbage containers. Apart from this, people who maintain better cleanliness have also been asked to be identified and rewarded. On this occasion, Kumbh Mela Officer Vijay Kiran Anand, DM Navneet Singh Chahal and PDA Vice President Arvind Kumar Chauhan were present.
There will be special lighting on electric poles in Magh Mela
Let us tell you that to provide better experience to the pilgrims and tourists coming to Magh Mela, special lighting was also discussed for implementation of the action plan. It was told that spiral lighting and thematic lights are to be installed on poles in the fair area. At the same time, the proposal to conduct a study related to Tourism Improvement Initiative for providing better facilities and spiritual experience to the devotees coming for Mahakumbh-2025 from Monirba Department of Allahabad University was also approved. Work will be done on tourist profiling, tourist journey mapping as well as assessment of tourist infrastructure gap. In the review of the projects under construction under Mahakumbh-2025, the pace of work of PDA, Jal Nigam and Uttar Pradesh Project Corporation has been found to be slow.
Senate Hall clock will again tell the time to the city residents
The clock in the Senate Hall in the Arts Faculty of Allahabad University (IVV) will tell the time to the city residents again. The university has received a grant of Rs 15 crore from the Higher Education Financing Agency (HIFA) for the renovation of the Senate Hall and the clock on its tower. On January 26, Vice Chancellor Prof. Sangeeta Srivastava announced this. The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) had submitted its report to the IU administration in February 2008 for the restoration of four historical buildings of the university, Vizianagaram Hall, Senate Hall, Darbhanga Hall and the English Department, as part of a survey. In 2019, the then Vice Chancellor Prof. Hanglu had got the painting work done inside the Senate Hall but the clock on the tower of the Senate Hall could not be started. Meanwhile, PRO of IVV, Prof. Jaya Kapoor told that the tower of the Senate Hall and the clock on it will be repaired with the grant received from HIFA. The specially designed tiles and wood on the ceiling of the Senate Hall have also been damaged, which will be replaced. Broken glass of windows and broken tiles of the stage will also be replaced. The building will be strengthened while maintaining its original form. Former Chairman of the Department of Medieval and Modern History of IVV, Prof. Yogeshwar Tiwari tells that once upon a time this clock used to tell the time to the city residents. Whenever there was time, the bell of this clock would ring as often as possible and its sound would travel far. People used to know the time by listening to the sound of the bell and this clock used to decide the daily routine of the people of the city.
Sir Swinton Jacob had prepared the outline of the building
Let us tell you that Sir Swinton Jacob, appointed as Surveyor and Engineer in the Bombay Artillery of the British Army in 1858, designed the main building of the University, the Senate Hall, in the land acquired by Allahabad University (Faculty of Arts) between 1908 and 1912, in Rajput and Mughal style. I had prepared. A grand clock was also installed on the tower of this building, which Sir Jacob took inspiration from the Big-Ban clock company of London. The clock tower of the Senate Hall was ready in 1912.