Overview
- Bathing began at midnight at the Sangam and sector-wise ghats, reaching about 36 lakh by 10 am, 72 lakh by noon, and 1.03 crore by evening, according to the Mela administration.
- The fair spans roughly 800 hectares across seven sectors, supported by more than 25,000 toilets and over 3,500 sanitation workers.
- More than 10,000 police personnel were deployed, with water police and NDRF and SDRF teams on site, and no contingency plan was invoked.
- Authorities set up 42 temporary parking facilities with capacity for over one lakh vehicles to streamline traffic and arrivals.
- Administrators urged pilgrims to complete their dip promptly, move on to ease congestion, and avoid using oil or soap at the ghats to maintain hygiene and flow.