Prayagraj (UP), Feb. 28 -- More than 16,000 trains were operated for the Maha Kumbh that carried around five crore devotees to the pilgrimage, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said here on Thursday.
Vaishnaw, who was here to congratulate the railway workers for the work done by them during the Maha Kumb Mela, told reporters that in the last Kumbh in 2019, about 4,000 trains were operated.
"This time there was a plan to run more than three times as many trains, while four times as many trains were run. Work has been going on for this for two-and-a-half years," he said.
The minister said, "4.5 to 5 Crore passengers were brought to Maha Kumbh through more than 16,000 trains and they were taken to their destinations. I would like to thank a...