Nashik Officials Study Mahakumbh 2025 for Insights on 2027 Kumbh Planning

By  News On Air   Feb 18, 2025

A 20-member team of senior officials from Nashik, Maharashtra, will study the Mahakumbh in Prayagraj to prepare for the upcoming Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Kumbh in 2027. The team arrived in Prayagraj yesterday and will observe the management and various arrangements done by the Uttar Pradesh government in Mahakumbh 2025 today and tomorrow.

The team is led by the Nashik Divisional Commissioner, Praveen Gedam, accompanied by the Nashik Collector and District Magistrate, Jalaj Sharma, along with Nashik Range Special IGP, Dattatraya Karale. This team will visit various sites in Mahakumbh today and tomorrow to study the initiatives taken by the state government. Notably, crowd control and emergency response, traffic and transport, ghats and river water management, and health and medical arrangements.

The team will also study tent cities and housing, sanitation and garbage management, drinking water and toilet facilities, protocol and security, as well as coordination with akhadas and mahants. Mr Gedam said that the management of Maha Kumbh 2025 is unique and exemplary. He added that this study tour is extremely useful, and the team will implement the lessons learnt from here in the Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Kumbh.

The Divisional Commissioner highlighted that in a huge event like Kumbh, the importance of coordination and spirit of service between various departments is of utmost importance.