Dear
Sirs,
I
just read the following news report :
In this context , you may
want to look up my following suggestion ( sent as email to Cabinet Ministers /
UP Chief Minister etc ) for deploying ROPE WAYS to
safely manage ( without fear of a stampede ) , some 120
MILLION pilgrims expected to attend Kumbh Mela in
Feb-March 2019 , over a period of 49 days
I urge you to consider sending to
Shri Yogi Adityanathji [ CM – UP ] and Shri Alphons [ Minister for Tourism ],
an “ Expression
of Interest “
With regards,
Hemen Parekh /
Mumbai / hcp@RecruitGuru.com
Greatest Show
on Earth : Kumbh Mela
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Here is a brief comparison :
HAJ PILGRIMAGE
· No
of Visitors ………………………… 2 Million
· No
of Buses…………………………… 21,000
· No
of Incoming Flights…………… 14,000
· Civil
Defense Personnel…………. 18,000
· Copies
of Quran distributed……. 8 Million
· Pilgrims
expected in 2030………. 30 Million
· Pilgrims
from India to Haj………… 1.75 lakh
· Revenue
from pilgrims……………… $ 12 billion ( $ 6,000 per pilgrim )
· Revenue
by 2022 ( expected )…. $ 150 billion
· 2030
Targets :
# 3.6
million sq m commercial space
# 115 Buildings
# 70,000 hotel
rooms
# 9,000
housing units
KUMBH MELA
· Dates
……………………………………….. Jan 14 – March 04 ( 2019 ) – 49
days
· Govt
Expenditure Budget…………… Rs 2,000 crore
· Area
allotted……………………………. 2,500 hectares
· No
of Sectors………………………….. 20
· No
of Camps………………………….. 5,000 ( by
various Religious organizations )
· No
of Pilgrims expected……….. 120 Million ( 12
crore )
· Max
no of pilgrims on single day.. 30 million on Feb 04
( Mauni Amavasya )
· No
of Foreigners expected………… 10 lakh ( 1 million )
from 75 nations
· No
of NRIs expected………………….. 20 lakh ( a TENT CITY for
5,000 )
· No
of Toilets to be built……………… 150,000 ( at a cost
of Rs 550 Cr )
· Jetties
on Bathing Ghats…………… 5
· No
of bathers at Sangam……………. 20 lakh every hour
· No
of LED lights………………………….. 38,000
· No
of workers for Toilets……………. 15,000
· Capacity
of Pandal in each sector… 20,000 pilgrims
· Pandal
for meditation ………………….. 20,000 capacity
· No
of 4G telecom towers………………. 45
· No
of Police Stations……………………… 40
· No
of Fire Stations…………………………… 40
· No
of CCTV cameras……………………… 1,000
· No
of Policemen…………………………….. 20,000
· No
of Life Guards………………………… 1,100
· No
of extra trains by Railway……….. 150
· Frequency
of Shuttle Buses…………. Every 10 minutes
· No
of Kumbh related projects……… 261 ( cost of
Rs 5,800 Cr )
· Pilgrims
who lost life in
2013….. 42 (
in a stampede at Railway Station )
This comparison shows that
Kumbh will be nearly 60 TIMES bigger ( in terms of pilgrims ) than
Haj ! ( 120 million vs 2 million )
As to how Saudi manages the
vast crowd at Haj, following makes interesting reading :
But , with all
their “ Tourist Revenue “ , I am surprised why Saudis have not thought of
implementing my following suggestion ,
SIMPLE SOLUTION
for STEMPEDE [ 24 Sept 2015 ]
despite the
fact that ,
· In 1990 , some 1400 pilgrims died in Haj stampede
· On 23 Sept 2015 , some 770 pilgrims died in a stampede
But as far
as KUMBH- 2019 is concerned , we have following considerations :
· Because of expected crowd of 120 million pilgrims,
threat of a stampede are far greater / real
· We have an opportunity to provide to Foreign Visitors
, such an enjoyable / happy / fun experience that the Kumbh Mela site becomes
a YEAR ROUND attraction, drawing 15 million Foreign Visitors
in 2019 to India ( as compared to 10 million who visited in 2017 and brought in
$ 27 million of exchange )
To achieve these goals , I
urge Shri Yogi Adityanathji [ CM – UP ] and Shri V K Anand [ Kumbh Mela
Adhikari ] , to consider the following precautionary SAFETY measures to prevent
a stampede :
METHOD A [ HORIZONTAL CONVEYORS ]
:
Horizontally
running escalators on ground level ( like Conveyor
Belts ) , to bring the
pilgrims from camps to
bathing ghats where they get onto “ short-run “ escalators for moving towards
the water and backward from the water
On both the sides of these “
short – run “ escalators , there will be “ Fountains “ of holy water , forming
a long ( 100 ft ) CANOPY / CASCADE , under which pilgrims
will pass , without walking
BATHING METHOD
: Under “ FOUNTAINS “ of holy waters
METHOD B [ ROPE
WAYS WITH HANGING CHAIRS ] :
Just install , one above
another ( vertically ) , several rope-ways with hanging
chairs for 2 persons per chair , safely secured by belts
All rope-ways picking up
pilgrims at the Boarding Station and then dropping off at the Disembarkation
Station , after passing under “ Holy Water
Sprinklers “ at the bathing ghats ( without having to get off
the suspended moving chairs )
BATHING METHOD : A “
Shower “ of holy water
METHOD C [ ROLLER COASTERS ] :
Pilgrims will get onto roller
coaster trollies at the Embarkation point .
Coaster will move towards the
river waters ( at a height of 20 feet for a panoramic viewing experience ) .
When it reaches 30 feet over
the river , coaster will slope down in such a way that the trollies dip into
the water
The pilgrims will get
submerged into the water [ only up to their chests ] for
a distance of 10 feet
At the end , coaster trollies
will emerge from the water , again rise to a height of 20 feet and return to a
Dis-embarkation point
BATHING METHOD : A
genuine DIP into the holy waters
Main Concept :
Simply
eliminate walking ( stampede happens when impatient people try to overtake
pilgrims
walking in front of them or have ability to run helter-skelter under some
perceived
threat )
What can this “ Escalator / Ropeway “ innovation do for
India ?
In 2017 , India got 10
million foreign visitors , bringing in $ 27 Billion
$ 2700 per foreign visitor as
against Saudi getting $ 6,000 per visitor !
With proposed innovation ,
this figure could well go up to 15 million tourists in 2019 ,
bringing in $ 150 billion in foreign exchange ! ( $
10,000 per visitor ! )
This is an opportunity to
re-write our TOURISM
story !
· Ministry
of Urban Development to prepare a MASTER PLAN for Kumbh centered around this
CONVEYOR-BELT concept
· India’s
leading Engineering Companies to submit their “ Expression of Interest “
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What else can make Kumbh ,
“ The Greatest Show on Earth “ ?
Please consider the following
:
· Strategically
located “ Food Courts “ and “ Shopping Malls “
· A
doctor with emergency “ Medical Aids / Ambulance “ in each Police Station
· Free
Wi Fi hotspots all over the ground ( Foreign Visitors want to use Skype ! )
· A
200 ft tall “ Central Tower “ with “ Viewing Gallery “
· Sitting
/ resting benches for the elderly, in small “ Gardens “ all over the
place
· No
entry to any private vehicles
· “
Bicycle Lanes “ with Bicycle Stands every 500 m ( with FREE use of bicycles )
· At
each “ Arrival Point “ ( Railway Station / Bus Stands / Airport / Parking Plots
for private vehicles ) , each arriving visitor to be welcomed with a RFID
sensor embedded wrist-band ( with a beautiful rendering of Ganga Mata and
bearing a description which reads :
“ नमो गंगे – Kumbh
2019 “
Before issuing the wrist
band, pilgrim’s AADHAR NO will be entered into the sensor
It will be mandatory for the
visitors to wear this Wrist Band as long as they are inside the “ PILGRIMAGE
PERIMETER “
This
will help the central PILGRIM TRAFFIC CONTROL ROOM , to track :
# each and every visitor
# missing / lost persons
# mischief-mongers / miscreants
# accident victims / sick persons
For a fool proof solution for
CROWD CONTROL , I urge Kumbh Mela Administation to consider :
#
Increasing the no of CCTV cameras from 1,000 to 10,000
# Couple
these with a FACE RECOGNITION software , such that those who attempt
to “ WALK “ ( instead of riding ), inside the Pilgrimage Perimeter ( area
covered by
Methods A / B / C ,described earlier ) will find their face,
name, and their Aadhar ID
number displayed on a large LED screen , as described in :
I am sending this blog to the
following Officers / Organizations , concerned with making KUMBH–2019, a happy
experience for pilgrims. Readers may want to contact them :
Currently
, we get some 70,000 visitors every day at Taj Mahal . For better security , there
is a plan to restrict this number to 40 ,000 per day
Without
having to worry about security , can we raise this number to 100,000 per
day ?
Yes ,
of course ! Install ropeway around the Taj and provide “ Augumented
Reality headsets “ to visitors ( no entry inside the mausoleum ! )
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26 Aug 2018
www.hemenparekh.in / blogs
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