ALLAHABAD: Seeking to reunite households with a missing member, the Magh Mela administration has started making announcements about missing people who were separated from their households at the premises in vernacular languages, like Hindi, Bengali and Rajasthani.
Devotees from more than a few states like West Bengal, Odisha, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh have incessantly discovered it tricky to find their missing family members because the announcements are most commonly made in Hindi. This 12 months, on the other hand, volunteers with a command over more than one languages are serving to other people reunite with their households.
Asansol resident Satyajeet Banerjee mentioned he was once very worried when his daughter was once lost within the large crowd throughout his visit to the Magh Mela. "I approached the volunteers near Sangam and requested them to make an announcement in Bengali. It took my daughter less than 20 minutes to arrive at the spot," he added.
Banerjee mentioned, "We are not very good with speaking or understanding Hindi. As the announcement was being made in Bengali, my daughter could understand it immediately." He additionally liked the efforts of the Magh Mela police to have interaction volunteers fluent in more than one languages.
Subrata, a local of Bhagalpur, mentioned he was once reunited together with his brother inside minutes best since the announcemnet was once made in Bhojpuri language. Subrata mentioned, "We are grateful to the volunteers and homeguards who made announcement in our mother tongue which helped my brother reach Sangam's nose."
In many cases, the volunteers considered over the mics to households interesting to them to name out the missing member's name in their own language or dialect. Nodal officer of Magh Mela, Neeraj Pandey mentioned, "Language barrier should not prevent people from finding their own families. Mela police have engaged volunteers fluent in multiple languages to help them make announcements in different languages and communicate devotees from other states."
Mela authorities mentioned the administration had roped in some guides and language experts to transient international tourists about the cultural, social and non secular significance of Magh Mela.
Devotees from more than a few states like West Bengal, Odisha, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh have incessantly discovered it tricky to find their missing family members because the announcements are most commonly made in Hindi. This 12 months, on the other hand, volunteers with a command over more than one languages are serving to other people reunite with their households.
Asansol resident Satyajeet Banerjee mentioned he was once very worried when his daughter was once lost within the large crowd throughout his visit to the Magh Mela. "I approached the volunteers near Sangam and requested them to make an announcement in Bengali. It took my daughter less than 20 minutes to arrive at the spot," he added.
Banerjee mentioned, "We are not very good with speaking or understanding Hindi. As the announcement was being made in Bengali, my daughter could understand it immediately." He additionally liked the efforts of the Magh Mela police to have interaction volunteers fluent in more than one languages.
Subrata, a local of Bhagalpur, mentioned he was once reunited together with his brother inside minutes best since the announcemnet was once made in Bhojpuri language. Subrata mentioned, "We are grateful to the volunteers and homeguards who made announcement in our mother tongue which helped my brother reach Sangam's nose."
In many cases, the volunteers considered over the mics to households interesting to them to name out the missing member's name in their own language or dialect. Nodal officer of Magh Mela, Neeraj Pandey mentioned, "Language barrier should not prevent people from finding their own families. Mela police have engaged volunteers fluent in multiple languages to help them make announcements in different languages and communicate devotees from other states."
Mela authorities mentioned the administration had roped in some guides and language experts to transient international tourists about the cultural, social and non secular significance of Magh Mela.
At Magh Mela, language no bar to reunite missing kin
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Reviewed by Kailash
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January 18, 2018
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